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Chapter 21
Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s. | Industrial Revolution |
| A process in Europe from 1700s to the mid-1800s where landowners fenced small fields to create large farms, allowing for more efficient farming methods and increased the food supply. | Enclosure Movement |
| The basic resources for industrialization, such as land, labor, and capital. | Factors of Production |
| A usually small scale industry carried on at home by family members using their own equipment. | Cottage Industry |
| A place where goods are manufactured in mass quantity. | Factory |
| Developing industries for the production of goods. | Industrialization |
| British inventor; he invented the seed drill. | Jethro Tull |
| English inventor; in 1769 he patented the spinning frame, which spun stronger, thinner, thread. | Richard Arkwright |
| Scottish inventor; he developed crucial innovations to make the steam engine efficient, fast and better able to power machinery. | James Watt |
| American engineer and inventor; he built the first commercially successful, full-sized steamboat, the Clermont, which led to the development of commercial steamboat ferry services for goods and people. | Robert Fulton |