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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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Resources needed to produce goods and services; land, labor, and capital

A

Factors of production

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2
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The process of developing machine production of goods

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Industrialization

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3
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Fencing off of land

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Enclosures

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4
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Planting different vegetables and grains to restore nutrients

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Crop rotation

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5
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A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of a business

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Entrepreneur

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6
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What are all the reasons the industrial revolution began in Britain

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  • water power and coal to fuel new machines
  • iron ore to construct
  • harbors from which its merchant ships set sail
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7
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What system in Britain contributed to the country’s industrialization

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Banking system

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8
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The first industry to transform is the …

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Textile industry

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9
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This American invented the cotton gin

A

Eli Whitney

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10
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The introduction of this invention made travel easier

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Steam engine

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11
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What didn’t improve as an early result of the industrial revolution

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Factory working conditions

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12
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What didn’t increase as an early result of the industrial revolution

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The life expectancy of the average worker

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13
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Which didn’t improve as a result of the industrial revolution

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Preservation of the environment

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14
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What was the industrial revolution

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Increased output of machine made goods that begin in England during the 18th-century

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15
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What was the main cause of the process of urbanization that occurred in 19th-century Britain and elsewhere in Western Europe

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Industrialization

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16
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How did landowners and aristocrats view wealthy members of the middle class

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Looked down upon

17
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I’m what way did the agricultural revolution pave the way for the industrial revolution

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  • population growth
  • increased food supplies
  • caused farmers to lose land and seek other work
18
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How did the industrial revolution affect cities

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  • made the population grow faster than the housing supply

- made the crime rate rise

19
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In what way did the social structure change in British society during the industrial revolution

A
  • middle class became the new ruling class in society

- some members of the middle class achieved top positions in society

20
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What most contributed to the shorter life span of those living in cities as opposed to those in the county

A

Caused illness from unhealthy living conditions

21
Q

The war of 1812 between Britain and the us prevented industrialization in the us (t or f)

A

False

22
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Samuel Slater founded the first American factory, which made thread, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (t or f)

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False

23
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Industrialization in the us was slow because they did not have enough people or resources (t or f)

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False

24
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The French Revolution and Napoleonic wats slowed industrialization in Europe

A

True

25
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The first country in continental Europe to industrialize was Belgium (t or f)

A

True

26
Q

By the end of the 1800’s all of Europe was industrialized (t or f)

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False

27
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The success of industrial manufacturing caused industrialized countries to gain control over non industrialized nations for the purpose of acquiring more resources and access to new markets (t or f)

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True

28
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Despite the hardships early urban workers suffered, population, health, and wealth eventually rose dramatically in all industrialized countries (t or f)

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True

29
Q

Robert Fulton

A

Steamboat

30
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Laissez faire

A

A policy in which the government allows business owners to set working conditions without reference

31
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Capitalism

A

An economic system in which the factors of production are owned and money is invested to make a profit

32
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Charles Fourier

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Socialism

33
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John Stuart mill

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Utilitarianism

34
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William wilberforce

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Lead the movement to abolish slavery

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