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WCiv - Unit 7 Industrialization Glossary
Unit 7 Glossary words from Western Civ with Mr. Kahn
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9th Grade
11/30/2012

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Industrial Revolution
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Technological shift in how work is done and things are produced, using machines instead of human or animal labor
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Innovation
Definition
Action or process of creating new ideas, inventions, and ways of thinking
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Enclosure
Definition
Fencing off land so what was common lands is now owned by large landowners
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Urbanization
Definition
shift of population from rural areas to cities
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Socialism
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Economic system where the means of production are owned by the people and profits are redistributed
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Communism
Definition
Form of socialism where property ownership has been completely eliminated
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Bourgeoisie
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Class of capitalists and managers who own society’s wealth and have a desire for money and possessions
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Proletariat
Definition
Class of manual wage laborers
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