Industrial Revolution Flashcards
Four asian Tigers
The enclosure movement was this: wealthy farmers bought land from small farmers, then benefited from economies of scale in farming huge tracts of land. The enclosure movement led to improved crop production, such as the rotation of crops.
Tiananmen Square Massacre
the practice of growing different crops in succession on the same land chiefly to preserve the productive capacity of the soil
Devolution
The Industrial Revolution was a period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s. … This time period saw the mechanization of agriculture and textile manufacturing and a revolution in power, including steam ships and railroads, that effected social, cultural and economic conditions.
Ronald Reagan
Factors of production is an economic term that describes the inputs that are used in the production of goods or services in order to make an economic profit. The factors of production include land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.
Gorbachev
Mechanization or mechanisation (British English) is the process of changing from working largely or exclusively by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery. In an early engineering text a machine is defined as follows: … In some fields, mechanization includes the use of hand tools.
Perestroika
the system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century with the development of the power loom and the steam engine and is based on concentration of industry into large establishments —contrasted with domestic system.
Glanost
a business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person’s home.
Thatcherism
a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
Tony Blair
a room or a set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments.
Yugoslovia
Mass production is the manufacture of large quantities of standardized products, frequently utilizing assembly line technology. Mass production refers to the process of creating large numbers of similar products efficiently.
Bosnia
Fordism is a term widely used to describe (1) the system of mass production that was pioneered in the early 20th century by the Ford Motor Company or (2) the typical postwar mode of economic growth and its associated political and social order in advanced capitalism.
Rwanda
a company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law.
Cambodia
the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
Kosovo
hit forcibly and deliberately with one’s hand or a weapon or other implement.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
the action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.