a business organization in such areas as shipping, mining, railroads, or factories.
What is enterprise
100
a system developed in the 18th century in which tasks were distributed to individuals who completed the work in their homes; also known as the cottage industry.
What is putting-out system
100
city and one of the largest ports in England
What is Liverpool
100
invented the cotton gin
What is Eli Whitney
200
money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise
What is capital
200
multistory building divided into crowded apartments.
What is tenement
200
workers organizations
What is labor union
200
city in England; one of the leading industrial areas; example of an Industrial Revolution city
What is Manchester
200
British economist who published An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798.
What is Thomas Malthus
300
movement of people from rural areas to cities
What is urbanization
300
system in which the people as a whole rather that private individuals own all property and operate all buisinesses
What is socialism
300
farms, factories, railways and other large businesses that produce and distribute goods.
What is means of production
300
working class
What is proleteriat
300
British philosopher and economist who advocated utilitarianism
Who is Jeremy Bentham
400
idea that the goal of society should be to bring out the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.
What is utilitarianism
400
melt in order to get the pure metal away from its waste matter.
What is smelt
400
private road built by entrepreneurs who charged a toll to travelers who used it.
What is turnpike
400
political ideology in which there is a gradual transition from capitalism to socialism instead of a sudden violent overthrow of the system
What is social democracy
400
set up a model, utopian community in New Lanark, Scotland
Who is Robert Owen
500
the process of taking over and consolidating land formerly shared by peasant farmers.
What is enclosure
500
a person who assumes financial risk in the hope of making a profit
What is entrepreneur
500
form of socialism advocated by Karl Marx; according to Marx, class struggle was inevitable and would lead to creation of classless society in which all wealth and property would be owned by the community as a whole
What is communism.
500
Scottish engineer who improved Newcomen's steam engine powered by coal
Who is James Watt
500
German philosopher who formulated the theory of scientific socialism