Year 7 Industrial Revolution Glossary

Question 1

ASSEMBLY LINE

Answer 1

Parts are added in sequence as a product moves along a chain of workers

Question 2

CAMPAIGNER

Answer 2

a person who works to achieve a goal

Question 3

ENTREPRENEUR

Answer 3

a person who sets up a business taking responsibility for any financial loss or gain

Question 4

FACTORY

Answer 4

a building where goods are made usually by a machine

Question 5

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Answer 5

social and economic change from cottage to factory based systems

Question 6

MIDDLE AGES

Answer 6

A period of European history from 500 ACE to 1450 ACE (also known as Medieval sometimes from 1000-1450 ACE)

Question 7

MECHANISATION

Answer 7

the introduction of machines to replace human labour

Question 8

NAVVY

Answer 8

a labourer employed in the excavation and of a road, railway, or canal

Question 9

PHILANTHROPY

Answer 9

providing money or time to a cause

Question 10

POPULATION

Answer 10

the amount of people in a country

Question 11

PARLIAMENT

Answer 11

the place where laws are made and issues are discussed

Question 12

SCIENCE

Answer 12

knowledge based on experiments and observation

Question 13

TECHNOLOGY

Answer 13

the application of scientific knowledge for practical puposes

Question 14

TEXTILE MILL

Answer 14

a building where cloth/clothing is made usually by a machine

Question 15

VICTORIAN

Answer 15

the period of time when Queen Victoria was on the throne 1837-1901