LEAVING HOME
TERMINOLOGY
THINGS I SHOULD KNOW
Industrialization
Transportation
100

Many people left Ireland for the United States because of this Famine

The potato famine

100

Relating to the countryside. not very populated

Rural

100

Before people. were employed in manufacturing they were employed in 

Agriculture

100

These places were built just outside of the cities

Suburbs

100

This form of transportation was the most popular in the 1900's

The Trolley (Electric street car)

200

Most people immigrated to a different country for a number of reasons. Name 3

Religious Persecution, War, political, economic, natural disaster,  

200

Relating to a town or city

Urban

200

Before people lived in cities, they lived in 

Towns

200

Name two of the three types of mass transit that was developed because of industrialization

Trolley, Subways or cable cars


200

The trolley, cable car and subways are known as 

Mass Transit

300

many people left the ________places to live in the urban places

Rural

300

Moving from one place to another: 

It was one reason why cities become over crowded

Migration

300

The number one reasons why many people move in the cities  

Jobs or to find work

300

those who lived in the suburbs and traveled in and out of the city for work are called

Commuters

300

Many people who immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s traveled by

Ships or boat

400

Many people in the south travel in this directions to be apart of the city life

What is North

400

a type of building shared by multiple dwellings and families typically with flats or apartments on each floor that were overcrowded

Tenement

400

Any thing that make your life is easy is called

Technology

400

These places especially for immigrant populations, were often the center of community life are called

Neighborhoods

400

What is the name of the first Ford car that was affordable to many

Model T

500

When many people left home for the newly built cities, they were faced with many problems. Name 3 

Slums, poor housing, sanitation problems, crime, diseases, traffic jams, noises, air pollution

500

The growth of cities in the early 1900s

Urbanization

500

A place where goods are produced

Factories

500

Many of those who resided in the industrial cities lived in places known as

Rental apartments or tenement housing

500

This car company made the first affordable car in the early 1900's

Ford Motors

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