Industrial Beginnings
Toss Up
Scientists/Inventors
Economics
Atlantic Slave Trade
100
Coal and iron ore are two examples.
What are natural resources
100
He got the ball rolling on evolution by coming up with the idea of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin
100
In addition to the kinetoscope, this inventor is credited with developing the first light bulb.
Who was Thomas Edison
100
In The Wealth of Nations, he argued for a capitalist economic system with no government intervention.
Who is Adam Smith
100

The name of the journey enslaved Africans took to the Americas

What is The Middle Passage

200
This term refers to the migration of people to cities.
What is urbanization
200
Unlike capitalism, these economic philosophies argue the government should regulate the economy.
What are socialism and communism
200
Not the Texans defensive lineman, this inventor perfected the steam engine and has a unit of power named after him.
Who is James Watt
200

In the Communist Manifesto, this German philosopher argued that capitalism was unstable and that communism would replace it.

Who was Karl Marx

200

This route shaped up to be a consistent way the British Empire moved manufactured goods to Africa, slaves to the Americas, and raw materials back to Europe.

What is the Triangle Trade

300
These acts allowed wealthy farmers to fence off land in the commons, and pushed former farmers to the cities.
What are the Enclosure Acts
300

This concept of separating the jobs that people did helped improve the efficiency of factory work

What is Division of Labor

300
If you're lactose intolerant you may not care, but he developed a way to eliminate germs.
Who is Louis Pasteur
300

According to the Communist Manifesto, these two classes struggled against each other in the Industrial Revolution.

Who are the bourgeoisie and proletariat

300

Also one of the three words we use for why the Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain, this was needed for the plantations to function. 

What is Labor

400
Owing in part to the spinning Jenny, this was the first type of production to industrialize.
What is textile manufacturing
400
This ideology attempted to justify laissez-faire economics and popularized the phrase "survival of the fittest"
What is Social Darwinism
400

This inventor created the Water Frame, a water powered spinning machine that had to be housed in a large building.

Who is Richard Arkwright

400
Free markets, free competition, and free enterprise are the hallmarks of this economic system.
What is capitalism
400

He was an evangelical Christian and member of Parliament who fought to end the slavery in the British Empire. 

Who is William Wilberforce

500
Before industrialization, work was done at home, which is known as this type of economic system.
What is the Domestic System
500

In response to terrible working conditions in the factories, these started to emerge as people joined together to fight back against the factory owners. 

What are Labor Unions

500

Not connected with the Kardashians in any way, this scientist showed the importance of preventative medicine by pioneering the small pox vaccination.

Who is Edward Jenner

500
Meaning hands-off, Adam Smith advocated this type of capitalism
What is laissez-faire
500

These were the early workers on the South American sugarcane plantations before most of them died out due to diseases the Europeans brought. 

Indigenous Peoples (Natives)

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