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History -Grade 8
Vocabulary of
Industrial Revolution
THESE VOCABULARY TERMS MUST BE USED IN YOUR JOURNAL
ENTRIES:
Figure out which words you will use for the
Child/Woman/Factory Owner entry.
o agriculture- The production of crops,
livestock, or poultry, to farm.
o
automation - is when human labour is replaced with
technology.
o
Cottage Industry- The production, for sale, of
goods at home, and the making of hand crafted items by rural families.
o
Division of labor - Equally dividing the amount of
labour among people.
o
Exploitation - Manufacturing something to gain
benefit.
o
Immigration-To enter and settle in a country or region to which
one is not native.
o
Industrial Revolution - change to industrial
methods of production
in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States in 1700 - 1900.
in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States in 1700 - 1900.
o
Invention- An act of inventing. Anything new invented or
devised by a person.
o
Labor - to do work.
o
Pollution- The act of polluting or the state of being
polluted. The introduction of harmful substances or products into the
environment.
o
Revolution - a major change in ideas and practice
o
Steel- Any of various modified forms of iron, artificially
produced, that have a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than
that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and
strength varying according to composition and heat treatment.
o
Technology - Development in machines, devices and
techniques.
o
Urban- Belonging or designating to a city or town. Living
in a city.
o
Urbanization - to make an rural area into a town.
o
Child Labor- Children as young as six years old during the
industrial revolution worked hard hours for little or no pay.
o
Domestic Industry- A servant who is payed to perform
tasks around the household.
o
Rural- Living in the country.
o
Living Conditions- Living conditions were poor
during the industrial revolution.
o
Factory System- a building or group of buildings with facilities
for the manufacture of goods.
o
Textile Industry- Any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting,
or felting.
o Working Conditions- Inside the factories one
would find poorly ventilated, noisy, dirty, damp and poorly lighted working
areas. These factories were unhealthy and dangerous places in which to work.
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