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Unit 9 Vocabulary
Mrs.Roberts world history class chapters 25-27
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10th Grade
05/22/2011

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Term
Enclosure
Definition
Taking over & fencing off land to that once had been shared by peasant farmers
Purpose:
- Replace the small strips of land with larger fields
- Made farming more efficient, improving agricultural production
Term
Industrial Revolution
Definition
A long, slow, uneven process in which production shifted from simple hand tools to complex machines
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Crop Rotation
Definition
The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land
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Industrialization
Definition
The development of industries for the machine production of goods
Term
Factors of production
Definition
The resources needed to produce goods and services that the Industrial Revolution required
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Factory
Definition
Where workers and machines came together in one place to produce a larger amount of goods
Term
Entrepreneur
Definition
A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business
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Urbanization
Definition
Moving from rural (farms) areas to urban (city) areas
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Middle Class
Definition
A social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, businesspeople, and wealthy farmers
Term
Stock
Definition
Certain rights of ownership entrepreneurs sold shares in
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Corporation
Definition
Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts
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Laissez faire
Definition
The idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses
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Capitalism
Definition
An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit
Term
Utilitarianism
Definition
The theory, proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1700's that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people
Term
Socialism
Definition
An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all
Term
Communism
Definition
A form of complete socialism in which the means of production in which the means of production-all land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses-would be owned by the people
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Union
Definition
An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages
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Strike
Definition
To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet certain demands
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Suffrage
Definition
The right to vote
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Chartist Movement
Definition
members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections, including suffrage for all men
Term
Third Republic
Definition
The republic that was established in France after the downfall of Napoleon III and ended with the German occupation of France during World War II
Term
Dreyfus affair
Definition
A controversy in France centering on the trial and imprisonment of a Jewish army officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who had been falsely accused of selling military secrets to Germany
Term
Anti-Semitism
Definition
prejudice against Jews
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Zionism
Definition
A movement to promote Jewish self-determination and the establishment of a Jewish state in the ancient Jewish homeland
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Dominion
Definition
In the British Empire, a nation allowed to govern its own domestic affairs
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