Unit 2 (A)
People who started their own businesses were/are known as
Entrepreneurs
What were the two most important natural resources of the Industrial Revolution?
Coal & Iron
What advancements in transportation simplified the movement of goods and materials within England in the era of the Industrial Revolution?
Trains & Canals
This invention made machines work with steam power
Steam Engine
What is the largest ocean in the world?
Pacific Ocean
Who came to the United States and built a cotton spinner by memory
Samuel Slater
This advancement in technology helped power factories and allowed for the work day to last longer:
Electricity
What was the MAIN negative linked to industrialization in Europe?
Harsh working conditions OR child labor
What were the two most impactful inventions of the Agricultural Revolution?
Seed Drill & Tractor
What is the most popular video game of all-time?
Minecraft
The closing off of previously shared land in certain regions by building fences to establish it as private property?
The Enclosure Movement
A photographer who aimed to reveal harsh working conditions experienced by children working in factories:
Lewis Hine
The movement of people from the rural countryside to the city very quickly:
Rapid Urbanization
What effect did the advancements in farming equipment have on the farmers?
Many farmers lost their jobs
What is the name of the ice cream shop in the show, "Stranger Things"?
Scoops Ahoy!
Which economic system is characterized by private ownership of the means of production and the pursuit of profit?
Capitalism
Until 1825, what was illegal for British engineers, mechanics, and toolmakers?
Leaving the Country
What two economic theories were created in response to Capitalism?
Communism & Socialism
Which economic system advocates for collective ownership and control of the means of production?
Communism
Who is the Half-Blood Prince in the Harry Potter series?
Severus Snape
Crowded apartment buildings. Families lived shoulder-to-shoulder, and shared a common stairwell/bathroom. What were these apartments called?
Tenements
What are the FOUR factors of production?
Natural resources, entrepreneurship, capital, and geography
Where was the first factory in the United States opened?
Rhode Island
What did early factories in the United States primarily produce?
Thread
What is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Hedwig