Vocabulary Flashcards
Revolution
a dramatic change in ideas or practice
Tenant Farmers
a farmer who rents land from someone else
Enclosure Acts
the act or process of enclosing land to prevent general use…
Colonial Power
possessing, ruling over, living in, or relating to a colony
Loom
a hand-operated or machine-operated device used for weaving thread or yarn into a cloth
Textile Industry
an industry that produces clothing
Textile Mill
a building or group of buildings used for processing raw materials that become clothing
Expatriate
a citizen who has left his or her own country to live in another, usually for a prolonged period
Mechanized
to produce something using machines instead of human or animal labour
Industrialized
to adapt a country or group to industrial methods of production and manufacturing, with all the accompanying social changes, or to be adapted in this way…
Interchangeable Parts
parts of a machine or tool that can be replaced when broken by an identical part
Mass Production
the manufacturing of products in very large quantities in factories, especially using mechanization and assembly-line methods
Impurities
the state or quality of being impure or contaminated
Lubricant
a substance, typically oil or grease, applied to a surface to reduce friction between moving parts
Internal Combustion Engine
an engine where fuel is burned in combustion chambers instead of in an external furnace, and whose energy released moves one or more pistons (a metal cylinder that slides up and down inside a tubular housing, receiving pressure from or exerting pressure on a fluid, especially one of several in an internal combustion engine
