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The rise of industry
Facts on the rise of industry.
Question | Answer |
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What is Industrialism? | A system based on the use of machines rather than on animal or human power. |
What is the Agricultural revolution? | It helped the industry to take root in Great Britain. |
What is the Enclosure movement? | A movement that began when parliament allowed large land owners to fence off common lands. |
What is Textile? | A type of cloth or woven fabric. |
What is Crop rotation? | The rotating of crops on three fields instead of two. |
What is a Domestic system? | Cottage industry. |
What is Factory system? | A method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place. |
What is Urbanization? | Movement of people from rural areas to cities. |
What is Monopoly? | Total control, of industry. |
What did Zaibatsu mean? | Rich country, strong army. |
What is the Industrial capitalism? | A system based on industrial production of goods, the capital, or money, earned in this way created a new industrial middle class. |
What is Partnership? | People who invest money to earn a profit. |
What is a Corporation? | Organizations owned by stockholders who buy shares in company. |
What is a Trade union? | Association of workers with the same skill who unite to improve wages, benefits, working conditions, and worker rights. |
What is a Strike? | Refusal to work, in order to force factory owners to talk with them. |
What is Socialism? | A form of government that should own and control the means of production. |
What is Means of production? | Factories, land, capital, and raw materials. |