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Chapter 25 Vocabulary
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Industrial Revolution
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The rapid development of industry in Britain in the late 18th and 19th centuries, brought about by the introduction of machinery
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enclosure
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An artificial or natural barrier that seals off an area.
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crop rotation
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Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of dissimilar types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons for various..
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industrialization
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the development of industry on an extensive scale.
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factors of production
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In economics, factors of production (or productive inputs or resources) are any commodities or services used to produce goods
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factory
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A person, group, or institution that produces a great quantity of something
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entreprenur
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A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on financial risk to do so.
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urbanization
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the condition of being urbanized.
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middle class
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The social group between the upper and working classes
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stock
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The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.
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corporation
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A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law
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Laissez faire
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is an economic environment in which transactions between private parties are free from tariffs, government
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Adam Smith
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was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith is best known for two classic works:
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capitalism
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An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.
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utilitarianism
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The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.
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socialism
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theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital
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karl Marx
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was a Prussian-German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist
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communism
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a form of complete socialism in which the means of production
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union
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workers joined together in voluntary labor associations
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strike
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refuse to work
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