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WH chapter 19 voc
World history chapter 19 part 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | When machines began to do to most of the work that people had done before. |
| Enclosure Movement | Practice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings. |
| Crop Rotation | Alternating crops of different kinds to preserve soil fertility. |
| Factors Of Production | Basic resources necessary for industrialization, such as land, capital, and labor. |
| Mechanization | Use of automatic machinery to increase production. |
| Domestic System | Method of production in which work is done in homes rather than in a shop or factory. |
| Factory System | Production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers. |
| Bessemer Process | Method of making steel that involves the forcing of air through molten iron to burn off carbon and other impurities. |
| Capitalism | Economic system in which individuals own the factors of production. |
| Commercial Capitalism | Merchants who bought sold, and exchanged goods. |
| Industrial Capitalism | Capitalists were involved in producing and manufacturing goods themselves, often using mechanized. |
| Division Of Labor | Civilization in which different people perform different jobs. |
| Interchangeable Parts | Parts that can go equally well in other components. |
| Mass Production | System of manufacturing large numbers of identical items. |
| Sole Proprietorship | Business owned and controlled by one person. |
| Partnership | Business owned and controlled by two or more people. |
| Corporation | Organization in which individuals buy shares of stock and elect directors to decide policies. |
| Monopoly | Complete control of the production or sale. |
| Cartels | Combinations of corporations that control an entire industry. |
| Business Cycle | Alternating periods of prosperity and decline. |
| Depression | Lowest point of a business cycle. |
| Free Enterprise | Economic system based on supply, demand, and competition. |
| Laissez - Faire | Believe that the government should not interfere with business. |
| Utilitarianism | Believe that everything should be useful. |
| Strike | People refusing to work until there demands are met. |
| Unions | Associations of workers |
| Collective Bargaining | Process of negotiation between union members and management members |
| Socialism | Political system in which the government owns means of production and operates them for the welfare of all people. |
| Utopian Socialist | People believed you could live in peace if you lived in a small settlement. |
| Burgesses | City dwelling middle class |
| Proletariat | Name of the working class |
| Domestication | Taming of animals |