Inventions
Arguably the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution, used heat to power all sorts of machines
What is the steam engine?
The father of capitalism
Who is Adam Smith?
Kim Kardashian's new boyfriend post-divorce from Kanye West?
Who is Pete Davidson?
The capital of Ukraine
What is Kiev
Because of this 1825 invention, raw material could be transported faster to factories, goods for people to buy could be moved around faster/encourage people to shop
What are railroads?
What is the Law of Demand?
Karl Marx's 1848 pamphlet that outlined the key ideas and benefits of communism
What is The Communist Manifesto?
Pop star whose conservatorship was dissolved in 2021
Spongebob's pet snail
Who is Gary?
A group of employees who get together to demand certain things (better pay/hours/conditions) from their bosses
What is a labor union?
Financial motivations for people to take certain actions
What are incentives?
The term for a job formerly completed by one person, cut up into many smaller jobs done by many
What is Specialization?
Couple who did an explosive interview with Oprah that drew 17 million viewers
Who are Meghan Markle and Prince Harry?
2nd most populous city in the U.S.
What is Los Angeles?
1794 invention used to clean cotton to then make cotton products faster and more easily. This increased demand for cotton and then caused a major increase in slavery in the U.S.
What is the cotton gin?
How people satisfy unlimited wants and needs with limited resources
A capitalist idea that rich people will use their __________ to provide for the poor.
Spiderman on-screen couple who confirmed a real-life relationship
Who are Zendaya and Tom Holland?
Winner of the 2020-21 Premier League title
Machester City
1701 invention: machine pulled by a horse that created holes in the ground and dropped seeds in, required less physical labor by farmers and resulted in more food
What is the Seed Drill?
The term for resources a nation has and the goods/services it produces with those resources
What is "Factors of Production"?
The term Marx used to describe the lack of fulfillment and joy factory/industrial workers felt under a capitalist society
What is alienation?
Female artist with the most streams on Spotify in 2021
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
National animal of Scotland
What is the unicorn?