Question

According to the excerpt, in what ways did water help England’s industrial boom?

Water supplied power and a means of transportation.
Water helped people build hundreds of mills.
Water helped people trade goods with nations overseas.
Water enabled people to create raw materials.

Answer 1

The first three statements are correct; the fourth is not.

- Water supplied power (waterwheels) and transport (rivers/canals/sea).
- That power made possible the hundreds of mills that sprang up.
- Rivers and ports also facilitated trade with other nations.
- Water did not “create” raw materials.