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Unit 4
Industrial REvolution
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History
10th Grade
02/27/2017

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Term
Agricultural Revolution
Definition
a significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries, inventions, or new technologies that change production
 
 
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Bourgeoisie
Definition
the people in a society who are rich, educated, own land etc, according to Marxism
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Capital
Definition
money or property, especially when it is used to start a business or to produce more wealth
 
 
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Capitalism
Definition
an economic and political system in which businesses belong mostly to private owners, not to the government
 
 
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Communism
Definition
a political system in which the government controls the production of all food and goods, and there is no privately owned property
 
 
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Crop rotation
Definition
the practice of changing the crops that you grow in a field each year to preserve the good qualities in the soil
 
 
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Economy
Definition
the system by which a country's money and goods are produced and used, or a country considered in this way
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Factors of production
Definition
a collection of various resources which contribute to producing goods or services, which fall into three main groups - land, labor, and capital
 
 
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Laissez Faire
Definition
the principle that the government should allow the economy or private businesses to develop without any state control or influence
 
 
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Industrialize
Definition
when a country or place develops a lot of industry
 
 
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Industrial Revolution
Definition
the period in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and the USA when machines were invented and the first factories were established
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Natural resource
Definition
things that exist in nature and can be used by people, for example oil, trees etc
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Proletariat
Definition
the class of workers who own no property and work for wages, especially in factories, building things etc - used in socialist writings
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Socialism
Definition
an economic and political system in which large industries are owned by the government, and taxes are used to take some wealth away from richer citizens and give it to poorer citizens
 
 
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Subsistence
Definition
the condition of only just having enough money or food to stay alive
 
 
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Textile
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any type of woven cloth that is made in large quantities, used especially by people in the business of making clothes etc
 
 
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