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3rdQIndustrialRev
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Rural | country area; Example: St. Helena, SC |
Industrial Revolution- | period from the mid-1700s to the late 1800s when manufacturing moved from animal and human power to machine power; mechanization |
cottage industry | working on businesses at home |
urban | city area; Example: Atlanta, Georgis |
raw materials | materials made by nature that people use; natural resources |
textiles | cloth; thread; clothing |
tenant farming | farming on rented land |
enclosure movement | 18th Century movement in Britain when wealthy landowners fenced off their land to make larger farm areas for raising sheep and growing crops |
agriculture | farming |
urbanization | the growth of cities |
entrepreneur | a person who owns his own business |
Agricultural Revolution | revolution in farming; new machines and methods of farming were used |
capital | money and resources that will be in a business |
rural-to-urban migration | moving from the country to the city |
mass production | using machines to make lots of goods in a shorter period of time than in the cottage industry |
interchangeable parts | making a product exactly the same so if one part breaks, it can be replaced; i.e. the trigger on a gun |
cotton gin | machine invented by Eli Whitney; it removes the seed from the cotton plant |
assembly line | people work on a line in factories putting products together; each person is responsible for performing certain tasks (division of labor) |