1. Prior to the industrial revolution, how would communities
support themselves?

Mostly relied on Farms , Agricultures, and hand made products

Explanation:

Industrial revolution introduced the use of a modern form of machineries that enables mass production of various types of products. This made the cost of production become significantly cheaper and enable one group/company to produce goods that consumed by a lot of people.

Before the Industrial revolution, communities only produced goods for their own consumption. They produced their own foods or they use a barter system to exchange their foods with other product.

c. businesses/firms & government