history vocab (industrial revolution) Flashcards
urban
the region surrounding a city
wage labor
paid work
extraction
removing something from something else, to take out
exploitation
treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
colonization
settling and establishing control of indigenous areas
indentured laborers
bonded labourers under contract to work for an employer for a specific amount of time, to pay off their passage to a new country or home
Ottoman Empire
a former Turkish empire
exports
basically shipping or selling outside of your country
tariffs
a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
textiles
materials made from fibers, thin threads or filaments that are natural or synthetic or a combination of both
Imperialism
when a rich or powerful country wants to or does control other countries
imports
goods your receiving from overseas
nationalism
identification with one’s own nation and support for its interests