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Industrial Rev Quiz
Terms for the Industrial Revolution Quiz
Term | Definition |
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Enclosure movement | 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 |
Factors of production | the basic resources for industrialization, such as land, labor, and capital |
Cottage industry | a usually small-scale industry carried on at home by family members using their own equipment |
Industrialization | developing industries for the production of goods |
Mass Production | The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items |
Interchangeable Parts | Identical machine-made parts that can be substituted for each other in manufacturing |
Assembly Line | A mass-production process in which a product is moved forward through many workstations where workers perform specific tasks |
Laissez-faire | A business system where companies are allowed to conduct business without interference by the government |
Socialism | A political and economic system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns the means of production |
Communism | Economic and political system in which government owns the means of production and controls economic planning |