Which best describes division of labor?
a.
splitting a big task into smaller tasks; each worker does all the tasks
b.
splitting a big task into smaller tasks; each worker focuses on a single task
c.
joining small tasks into one big task; each worker focuses on just a few tasks
d.
joining people on an assembly line; each person does all the tasks

Division of labour means small tasks into one big task; each worker focuses on just a few tasks.

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t