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Technology Revolution Flashcards

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a period in which one or more technologies is replaces by another technology in a short span of time.

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Technology Revolution

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a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity.

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Agricultural Revolution

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5 THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION

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  1. Crop Rotation
  2. Selective Breeding
  3. Inbreeding
  4. Mechanization
  5. Enclosure Act
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practice of growing a series of dissimilar type of crops in the same area in a sequenced season.

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Crop Rotation

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a process used by human to develop new organism.

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Selective Breeding

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process of mating genetically similar organisms.

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Inbreeding

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introduces selective breeding as a scientific practice.

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Thomas Coke and Robert Bakewell

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new tools were invented, and old ones perfected to improve the efficiency of various agricultural operation.

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Mechanization

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a series of UK Acts of Parliament that enclose open field and common land in the country.

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Enclosure Act

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period from 18th to 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and etc.

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Industrial Revolution

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4 THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

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  1. Steam Engine
  2. Locomotive “Rocket”
  3. Steamboat “Clermont”
  4. Railway Age
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created by James Watt

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Steam Engine

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created by George Stephenson

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Locomotive “Rocket”

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created by Rober Fulton

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Steamboat “Clermont”

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steam engines on wheel-railroad were prominent and used in transportation.

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Railway Age

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a term used to describe people who dislike new technology.

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Luddite

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a young apprentice who was rumored to have wrecked a textile apparatus.

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Ned Ludd

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groups who resist modern technology.

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Neo-Luddism

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this is the time where mechanization of agriculture, inventions of the of steam engine, railroads, metal shaping, and first factories and cities happened.

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First Industrial Revolution

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this is the time where electricity, gas, and old, development of combustion engine, steel industry, and chemical synthesis happened.

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Second Industrial Revolution

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is where nuclear energy, rise of electronics, telecommunication and computers, emergence of the internet, and digitalization happened.

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Third Industrial Revolution

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is the time where artificial intelligence was announced and used.

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

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