Queen Victoria and the Crystal Palace
Complete your worksheet on the internet :
A. Queen Victoria and the Industrial Revolution
Under Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain became the _______________country in the world.
With the colonisation, the British Empire ruled ____________________ of the world’s population.
The population of Britain was multiplied by __________.
Lanscapes changed with the building of many ________________________.
This is the Industrial Revolution, with the development of metallurgy and railways.
B) Working conditions in the factories.
Most people worked _________ hours a day.
Who worked in the factories ? ______________________
C) There were many inventions under Queen Victoria’s reign. Find some of them.
1) Photography was invented by ____________in ___________
2) The typewriter was invented by ___________ in ___________
3) The first Electric Railway opened in _____________. .
4) The gramophone was invented in________ by___________________.
5) Cinematograph was invented by ____________________in____________.
D. The first world fair
a) What’s a « world fair » in French ?
b) Where was the first world fair held ?
c) In which year was it held ?
d) When did it open ?
e) When did it close ?
f) How many countries participated ?
g) How many visitors attended the fair ?
h) What was the name of the huge structure which was built ?
i) Who designed the structure ?
j) It was a novel building at the time, because it was made of ______________ and ___________________.
k) Look at the video. What happened to the building in 1936 ?
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