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7-3.4 Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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Industrialize | develop or modernize a country with factories and buisnesses |
Industrial Revolution | A time of significant change that started around 1750. It began in England. A time when powerful machines replaced human labor |
Textile Industries | factories making textiles and thread |
Agricultural Revolution | allowed people to efficiently grow more crops in a limited amount of space with a few workers |
Enclosure Movement | wealthy farmers bought land from small farmers; profit gained in an increased level of production |
Crop Rotation | a systematic planting of different crops in a particular order over several years; purpose is to increase soil fertility |
Agricultural Yield | amount of crops produced |
Cottage Industries | a small buisness run from home |
Textiles | cloth |
Division of Labor | separation of a work process into a number of tasks, with each task performed by a different person |
Interchangable Parts | when one part can easily replace another |
Mass Production | the manufacture of goods in large quantities by machinery |
Assembly Line | an arrangement of workers and machines in a factory, where each worker deals with only one part of a product |
Laissez-faire Capitalism | where the government leaves the people alone regarding all economic activities; all factors of production are privately owned |
Social Darwinism | "survival of the fittest"; either killed or be killed |
Socialism | emphasizes equality rather than achievement |
Karl Maex & Friedrich Engels | believed in a classless society; opposite of capitalism |
Labor Unions | an organization of workers formed to protect their rights |
Proletariat | the "have-nots"; the workers |
Bourgeoisie | the "haves"; the owners |