economic
a company whose stock is owned by several people
joint-stock company
the journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean
the middle passage
a term for work
labor
the inventor of the light bulb
Thomas Edison
theorized evolution
Charles Darwin
a political theory and economic movement in europe in the 16-1800s
mercantilism
when the population of cities grew as a result of the industrial revolution
urbanization
When a group of people stop buying goods as a protest
boycott
considered the father of capitalism
Adam Smith
artificial water ways for water conveyance
canal
a theory that the government should control the economy
communism
the transportation of various enslaved Africans by slave traders
Atlantic slave trade
when a group of workers stop working as a protest for better working conditions
strike
wrote the communist manifesto
Karl Marx
labor done by children
child labor
a sum of money granted by the government
subsidies
a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured
factories
an organized group of workers formed to protect their rights as laborers
labor union
discovered bacteria and diseases in food
Louis Pasteur
economy controlled by people
capitalism
an estate where labor is done often by slaves
plantation
a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.
railroads
the theory that the government should not interfere with the economy
Laissez-faire
perfected the steam engine
James watt
work made faster by each person having a specific job
assembly line