Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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.

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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