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History Test Term 3 Flashcards

1
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Cottage Industry means…

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A business or manufacturing activity carried on in peoples homes.

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Industrialisation means…

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Process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agriculture to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Manual labour is replaced with mechanised mass production .

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3
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Entrepreneurs means…

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A person who sets up a business and takes on all the financial risks.

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4
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Division Of Labour means…

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The assignment of different parts or jobs of a manufacturing process.

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5
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Mass Production means…

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Name given to the method of producing goods in large amounts.

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6
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Lasseiz-faire means…

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The policy of leaving things to take their own course.

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7
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Village common means…

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A tract of land usually located in a centrally located spot used by a community.

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8
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John Kay

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Flying shuttle

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9
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Henry Bessemer

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Steel

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10
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Abraham Darby

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Pig iron

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11
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Marie Curie

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Chemical Elements (radium and polonium)

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12
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Louis Pasteur

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Mirror Image

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13
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Edmund CartWright

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Power loom

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14
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Dr Elizabeth Blackwell

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Battery

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15
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Joseph Lister

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Antiseptic surgery

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16
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Richard Arkwright

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Spinning Jenny

17
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George Stephenson

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Railways

18
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James Hargreaves

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Spinning Frame

19
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John Brindley

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Canal builder

20
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Thomas Newcomen

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Steam engine

21
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Isambard Brunel

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Brunels bridges

22
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Henry Cort

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Iron industry

23
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James Watt

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Improvements on steam engine

24
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Josiah Wedgewood

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Pyrometer

25
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Samuel Crompton

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The spinning mule

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