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Ch.9 honors
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | greatly increases output of machine-made goods |
| Enclosures | large farm fields enclosed by fences or hedges |
| Crop rotation | switching crops each year to avoid depleting the soil |
| Industrilization | move to machine production of goods |
| Factors of production | land,labor,capital |
| Factories | bulidings that contain machinery for manufacturing |
| Entrepreneur | organizes , manages, takes business risks |
| Urbanization | city builiding and movement of people to cities |
| Middle Class | skilledworkers , merchants,rich farmers,professionals |
| Stock | limited ownership rights for company, sold to raise money |
| Corporation | company owned by stockholders, share profits not debts |
| Laissez faire | economic policy of not interfering with businesses |
| Adam Smith | defender of free markets, author of The Wealth of Nations |
| Capitalisim | system of privately owned businesses seeking profits |
| Utilitarianism | judge things by their usefulness |
| Socialism | factors of production owned by, operated for the people |
| Karl Marx | german jouornalist proposes a radical socialism, Marxism |
| Communism | society where people own , share the means of production |
| Unions | associations formed by laborers to work for change |
| Strike | call a work stoppage to pressure owners |