Chapter 25 Sections 1-4 Flashcards

1
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Industrial Revolution

A

Great increase in machine production that began in England in the 18th century

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2
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Enclosure

A

Large closed in field for farming

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3
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Crop rotation

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Planting a different crop in a different field each year

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4
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Industrialization

A

Process of developing machine production of goods

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5
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Factors of production

A

Conditions needed to produce goods and services

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6
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Factory

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Building where goods are made

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7
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Entrepreneur

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Person who organizes,manages,and takes on financial risk of a business enterprise

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8
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Urbanization

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City building and the movement of people to cities

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9
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Middle class

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A social class of skilled workers,professionals,business people, and wealthy farmers

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10
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Stock

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Right of ownership in a company called a corporation

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11
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Corporation

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Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not responsible for its debts

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12
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Laissez faire

A

Economic theory that argues that governments should not interfere with business affairs

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13
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Adam Smith

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Philosopher who defended laissez faire economics

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14
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Capitalism

A

Economic system in which people invest money to make a profit

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15
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Utilitarianism

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Belief that an Idea is only as good as it is useful

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16
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Socialism

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Belief that businesses should be owned by a society as a whole

17
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Karl Marx

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Economic thinker who wrote about a radical form of socialism

18
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Communism

A

Form of socialism in which all production is owned by the people

19
Q

Union

A

Organized groups of workers that bargain with business owners to get better pay and working conditions

20
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Strike

A

Organized refusal to work