History Ch6

Question 1

6.1) Industrial revolution

Answer 1

a radical change in which manual labour was replaced by machines

Question 2

6.1) Modern age

Answer 2

the period in time from 1800 up to now

Question 3

6.1) Entrepreneurs

Answer 3

persons who start or run a business with the goal of making profit

Question 4

6.1) Steam power

Answer 4

an energy source that is derived from heating water; steam is the gas phase of water

Question 5

6.1) Factories

Answer 5

large buildings in which machines are operated to make a product

Question 6

6.1) Services

Answer 6

a work sector in which people offer their service in exchange for money; other sectors are agriculture and industry

Question 7

6.2) Capitalism

Answer 7

an economic system in which making profit and private ownership are essential

Question 8

6.2) Employer

Answer 8

a person or institution which hires employees to do a certain job in exchange for a wage

Question 9

6.2) Employee

Answer 9

works for an employer in exchange for a wage

Question 10

6.2) Socialism

Answer 10

a political and economic system in which equality is important; ways of making money are owned by the whole society

Question 11

6.2) Trade union:

Answer 11

organisation of labourers and union leaders with the goal of improving the work situation

Question 12

6.2) Social issue

Answer 12

the problem of bad working, health and living conditions of the labourers

Question 13

6.2) Social laws:

Answer 13

laws that helped to improve the living and working conditions of labourers

Question 14

6.3) Constitutional reform:

Answer 14

an adjustment to the constitution

Question 15

6.3) Conservative

Answer 15

someone who thinks that tradition is important; change is opposed

Question 16

6.3) Progressive

Answer 16

someone who thinks change is important in a society

Question 17

6.3) Liberalism

Answer 17

political philosophy in which freedom of the individual is most important

Question 18

6.3) Confessionalism

Answer 18

political philosophy in which laws in a country should be based on religion

Question 19

6.3) Political party

Answer 19

a group of people with the same political ideas that work together to win elections and govern a country

Question 20

6.3) Feminism

Answer 20

a political philosophy based on equal rights for women

Question 21

6.3) Passive vote right:

Answer 21

the right to be elected and to participate in government

Question 22

6.3) Active vote right

Answer 22

the right to vote during political elections