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

A

Industrialization

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3
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Fencing off of land

A

Enclosures

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4
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Planting different vegetables and grains to restore nutrients

A

Crop rotation

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

A

Entrepreneur

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

A
  • 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

A

Banking system

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8
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The first industry to transform is the …

A

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

A

Steam engine

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

A

Factory working conditions

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

A

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

A

Preservation of the environment

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14
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What was the industrial revolution

A

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

A

Industrialization

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

A

Looked down upon

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

A
  • population growth
  • increased food supplies
  • caused farmers to lose land and seek other work
18
Q

How did the industrial revolution affect cities

A
  • 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
Q

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)

22
Q

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

23
Q

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

24
Q

The French Revolution and Napoleonic wats slowed industrialization in Europe

25
Q

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

26
Q

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

27
Q

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)

28
Q

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

29
Q

Robert Fulton

30
Q

Laissez faire

A

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

31
Q

Capitalism

A

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

32
Q

Charles Fourier

33
Q

John Stuart mill

A

Utilitarianism

34
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William wilberforce

A

Lead the movement to abolish slavery