Vocab
This is a new way of doing something, an improvement
What is innovation?
This is a place that houses machines for production
What is a factory?
Britain had an abundance of this, which was great for fueling industrialization
What is coal?
This language was used to communicate via telegraph.
What is Morse Code?
This product, needed for engines, was a major product of Swansea, Wales
What is copper?
Heated, pressurized water is used as a source of energy to drive pistons
What is a steam engine?
This is fabric, cloth
What is a textile?
Britain had a lot of these for shipping and trading, given that it is an island
What are ports?
What is the spinning jenny?
This country produced 40% of the world's sugar, until Britain was able to get it produced for cheaper in Southeast Asia
What is Haiti?
This is compressed carbon that is mined and burned for fuel
What is coal?
This is the process of a community/place focusing more on machine-manufacturing and production
What is industrialization?
Where did Britain get a lot of the raw materials needed for manufacturing?
What is British colonies?
She developed cosmetics and hair products for Black women and built a nationwide business
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
British factories workers needed to eat, so the country started importing this in great quantities
What is wheat?
This is wood that is prepared and ready for construction
What is lumber?
This is mass-producing goods in a factory
What is manufacture?
What is agricultural?
This was invented by John Deere, and made breaking up tough soil much easier for farmers.
What is the steel plow?
This term describes the family structures British people started to live with once they moved to cities
This is a document that proves a person invented and owns something
What is a patent?
This is when a country sends things to other countries to sell
What is export?
This invention in particular was useful for powering much of the new technologies during industrialization
What is the steam engine?
Both Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan invented versions of this light-producing product that relies on heating up a filament
This term describes the improvements that British workers gained. British colonies weren't so lucky.
What are reforms?