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Industrial Revolution

Subject : history
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1. Who came up with the idea of livestock breeding?






2. The system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertileness of the land






3. The idea that government should not interfere in business.






4. Someone who starts a business.






5. The leading advocate of laissez-faire economics.






6. Invented the light bulb and Morse code.






7. What did jethro tull invent?






8. The system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.






9. Scottish engineer who made roads more efficient and easier to travel on






10. Studies germs - made vaccines and pasteurization






11. The selective breeding of livestock. increased availability of meat - wool - leather - and soap






12. Theory of relativity






13. Machine that made the rigorous job of cotton picking get done faster & more efficiently






14. The development of industries for the machine production of goods






15. Machine used water power from streams to power spinning wheels






16. Theory of evolution






17. A system in which the government controls the economy.






18. 1st successful powered airplane flight.






19. Believed that lower class will always remain the lower class






20. German thinker who put forth a radical view of socialism.






21. The theory that society - not individuals should own all property and industry.






22. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






23. James watt helped improve what?






24. Fenced-in/hedged-in fields created by wealthy british landowners on land that was formerly worked by British farmers.






25. The style of capitalism in which the government did not interfere with the economy






26. What did Richard Arkwright invent?






27. Organizations representing workers' interests.






28. Believed wages would be forced down as the population increases






29. Expressed love of nature in symphonies






30. System in which workers stay in one place - adding parts as items go by.






31. Poet who wrote about nature






32. Enough goods would be produced @ the lowest possible price to meet the demand in a market economy






33. What did George Stephenson name the engine he built with the help of his son?






34. People can work for their own good






35. Wrote about cruelties of war






36. The time period when power-driven machinery was developed.






37. Large buildings that brought together workers and machines to produce large quantities of goods






38. Business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts






39. Organizations representing workers' interests.






40. Luddites were also known as the...






41. What did David Richardo write?






42. A political system in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country






43. The shift - beginning in England during the 18th century - from making goods by hands to making those goods by machine






44. The leading advocate of Laissez-faire economics; invented capitalism.






45. Rivalry forces peoples to do better @ anything & also inspires peoples to make a better product






46. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them






47. Social class made up of skilled workers - professionals - businesspeople - & wealthy farmers.






48. What did Robert Fulton name the steamboat he built?






49. What were adam smith's 3 natural laws of economics?






50. German thinker who had a radical view of socialism; Founder of modern communism.