WH vocab Flashcards

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Commodity

A

something with practical use or value

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de-industrialization

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the reduction of nations industrial capacity

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3
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debt

A

to owe

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export

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to transport, usually trade or sell

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Factory

A

building where products are made

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Famine

A

shortage of food

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fossil fuel

A

carbon-containing fuel from prehistoric

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industrial revolution

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complex mix of economic and social changes caused by shift in production

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idustrialization

A

introducing industry in a country

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innovation

A

new method, approach, or idea

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locomotion

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moving power from one place to another

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manufacturing

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producing large quantity of products

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13
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middle class

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between rich and labors

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14
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patent

A

government grant to inventor

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15
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sepoy

A

indian soldier serving in european army/british

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standardization

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causing someone to conform to a standard

17
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steam engine

A

engine with pressurized steam supplies and moving a piston in a closed cylinder

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tariff

A

government tax on imports and exports

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textile

A

knitted fabric

20
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transformation

A

significant change