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Social Studies ()
Social Studies (Industrial Revolution)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Steam Engine | Allowed factories to be built almost anywhere |
| Flying Shuttle | A device that speeds up the weaving process |
| Spinning Jenny | Enabled spinners to spin cotton into thread very quickly |
| Cotton Gin | Cleaned cotton 50 times more quickly than a person could |
| Puddling | Burned away impurities in iron ores |
| Patent | Exclusive ownership of an invention |
| Open-Hearth Process | A method that used a special furnace to make many kinds of steel |
| Mass Production | Is the manufacture of huge quantities of identical goods at cheap prices |
| Interchangeable Parts | The use of machine-made parts that are exactly alike |
| Division Of Labor | Occurs by assigning workers to specialized tasks as a product moves along a conveyor belt from worker to worker |
| Assembly line | A moving line where workers assemble parts on a moving belt |