Chapter 13 Vocab

Question 1

Crop rotation

Answer 1

Farming practice in which different crops are grown, and it feel to maintain the soils fertility

Question 2

Cottage industries

Answer 2

Locations where wolf was spun and woven to make cloth providing income for the family

Question 3

Jethro Tull

Answer 3

Developed a seed drill

Question 4

Seed drill

Answer 4

Invention that efficiently places seeds in rows across a plot of land

Question 5

Andrew Meikle

Answer 5

Developed a threshing machine

Question 6

Threshing machine

Answer 6

Enables a few men to separate the wheat from the husks in stocks quickly

Question 7

Eli Whitney

Answer 7

Invented the cotton gin

Question 8

Cotton gin

Answer 8

Enables a few men to separate the cotton fiber from the seeds quickly

Question 9

Cyrus McCormick

Answer 9

Invented horse drawn, reaping machine

Question 10

Reaping machine

Answer 10

Enable farmers to cut wheat much more quickly

Question 11

John Fowler

Answer 11

Developed one of the first first known self-propelled steam engines

Question 12

Steam tractor

Answer 12

A self-propelled tractor that could plow fields and dig drainage, canals

Question 13

Industrial revolution

Answer 13

Name for the 18th and 19th centuries due to the great changes in manufacturing

Question 14

Factories

Answer 14

Large buildings that are centrally located for most efficient production of goods

Question 15

Steam engine

Answer 15

Provided the necessary power to pull heavy loads in the form of tractors and locomotives

Question 16

James Watt

Answer 16

Made important improvements in the design of the steam engine that increased efficiency

Question 17

John Kay

Answer 17

Invented the flying shuttle

Question 18

James Hargreaves

Answer 18

Invented the spinning, Jenny

Question 19

Spinning, Jenny

Answer 19

Intervention that could rapidly spin spools of cotton thread into yarn

Question 20

Entrepreneurs

Answer 20

Businessman who sell interventions, or start businesses for financial gain, and accept a risk of personal loss

Question 21

Richard Arkwright

Answer 21

Became one of the most famous entrepreneurs got the government to protect several inventions with a patent

Question 22

Patent

Answer 22

Set of government issued rights granted to an inventor to prevent others from copying and selling his invention for a certain amount of time

Question 23

Capital 

Answer 23

Supplied by bankers are welding investors to entrepreneurs to help them get their business started

Question 24

1833 factory act

Answer 24

Placed limits on child labor

Question 25

Mines act

Answer 25

Barred woman as well as boys under the age of 10 from working in the mines

Question 26

Ten hour bill

Answer 26

Restricted woman and children to working a 10 hour day in any British industry

Question 27

John Wesley

Answer 27

One of the greatest preachers in Britain during the 18th century;

Question 28

George Whitfield

Answer 28

18th century British preacher with an intern

Question 29

Great awakening

Answer 29

Spiritual movement that brought many to salvation, started many churches, and prepared the American colonies for independence

Question 30

John Newton

Answer 30

A former slave ship captain, who became a Christian in 1748, he wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. 

Question 31

William Wilberforce

Answer 31

Christian in the English Parliament who led the effort to abolish slavery in the British empire

Question 32

Committee for the abolition of this slave trade

Answer 32

A group of Quakers and angelic, who united their efforts for the opposition of slavery 

Question 33

William Lloyd Garrison

Answer 33

American abolitionist, editor of the newspaper, a liberator

Question 34

Fredrick Douglass

Answer 34

A former slave in America, persuasive spokesman for abolition