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chapter 21
| 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 mis 1800s where landowners fenced small fields to create large farmes, 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 memberz using their own equipment | cottage industry |
| developing industries for the production of goods | industrialization |
| british inventor;he invented the seed drill | jethro tull |
| a place where goods are manufactured in mass quantity | factory |
| 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 efficent fast and better able to power machinery | james watt |
| american engineer and inventorn;he built the first commercially successful, fullsized steamboat the clermont which led to the development of commercial steamboat ferry services for good and people | robert fulton |
| an organization representing workers interests | labor union |
| a work stoppage | strikes |
| the system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items | mass production |
| identical machine made parts that can be substituted for each other in manufacturing | interchangeable parts |
| a mass-production process in which a product is moved forward through many work stations where workers preform specific tasks | assembly line |
| a business system where companies are allowed to conduct business without interference by the government | laissez-faire |
| scottish economist; he became the leader advocate of laissez faire economics | adam smith |
| english economists and sociologist; his theory that population growth would exceed the growth of food production | thomas malthus |
| a risk taker who starts a new business within the economic system of capitallism | entrepreneur |
| american industrialist and humanitarian; he led the expansion of the u.s. steal industry in the late 1800s | andrew carnegie |
| a political and economic system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns the means of production | socialism |
| german social philosopher and chief theorist of mondern socialism and communism | karl marx |
| economic and political system in which government owns the means of production and controles economic planning | communism |
| a measure of the quality of life | standered of living |
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