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World History - Ch 9
Modern World History - Ch. 9 - The Industrial Revolution 1700 - 1900
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Large tracts of land enclosed with fences or hedges. | enclosures |
| The system of growng a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land. | crop rotation |
| The development of industries for the machine production of goods. | industrialization |
| The resources - including land, labor, and capital - that are needed to produce goods and services. | factors of production |
| A person who organizes, manages, and takes the risks of a business. | entrepreneur |
| A large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods. | factory |
| The growth of cities and the migration of people into them. | urbanization |
| A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, business people, and wealthy farmers. | middle class |
| A right of ownership sold by entrepreneurs to raise money for their business. | stock |
| A business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts. | corporation |
| The idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses. | laissez faire |
| The author of "The Wealth of Nations" who defended the idea of free market economies. | Adam Smith |
| An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit. | capitalism |
| An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the government and operate for the welfare of all. | socialism |
| An economic system in which all the means of production - land, mines, factories, railroads, and business - are owned by the government. Private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally. | communism |
| A German journalist who wrote "The Communist Manifesto" and introduced a radical form of socialism called Marxism. | Karl Marx |
| An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages. | union |
| To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands. | strike |
| Early factories needed water power so they were usually built near what? | rivers and streams |
| In 1793 he invented the Cotton Gin. | Eli Whitney |
| The American inventor who built the first steamboat. | Robert Fulton |
| The method of transportation that revolutionized life in Britian and helped the indstrial revolution. | railroads |
| The living conditions of the working class could be discribed as what? | crowded and unsanitary |
| The working conditions of the factory can be described as what? | dangerous and long hours |
| The group of workers who destroyed weaving machinery and destroyed factories in the late 1700's and early 1800's because machines were taking jobs away from workers. | Luddites, named after Ned Ludd. |
| To keep the secrets of industrialization in Britian, Britian had forbidden what kind of people from leaving the country? | engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers |
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