Industrial Revolution Vocab

Question 1

Industrial

Answer 1

Using an automated machine to make goods

Question 2

Agriculture Revolution

Answer 2

The shift towards more present day agricultural methods

Question 3

Jethro Tull

Answer 3

A farmer that created a “horse pulled seed drill”

Question 4

Crop Rotation

Answer 4

Changing the crop planted based on the nutrients in the soil during a specific season

Question 5

Enclosure Movement

Answer 5

The division or combination of communal lands

Question 6

Textile

Answer 6

A type of cloth, like kente from ancient africa

Question 7

Cottage Industry

Answer 7

The creation of goods/products at home

Question 8

The Flying Shuttle

Answer 8

An invention that made weaving faster. Made it so that only one person had to weave, not two

Question 9

The Spinning Jenny

Answer 9

Take fibers and make them into thread or yarn.

Question 10

The Water Frame

Answer 10

Was like the spinning jenny, but fully automated, powered by water.

Question 11

The Power Loom

Answer 11

It was a fully automated loom, powered by water.

Question 12

Mass Production

Answer 12

Production at a large scale.

Question 13

The Steam Engine

Answer 13

An engine to produce steam using coal and heated water.

Question 14

Turnpikes

Answer 14

A road locked behind a small paywall

Question 15

Canals

Answer 15

Waterways used for water transport, drainage, and irrigation

Question 16

Locomotive

Answer 16

A steam engine that could move itself on a track.

Question 17

Moving Assembly Line

Answer 17

A worker works on one part, then passes on to the next on an automated line. Used originally for cars

Question 18

The Industrialists

Answer 18

A wealthy class, people that owned factories and manufacturing companies

Question 19

The Middle Class

Answer 19

A group of people not too wealthy, but not too poor.

Question 20

The Working Class

Answer 20

A group of people working in laborious jobs, in this context, factories

Question 21

Urbanization

Answer 21

Growth of towns into cities

Question 22

Revolution

Answer 22

A large change in Society, Government, and/or Culture

Question 23

Germ Theory

Answer 23

The idea that germs can cause disease

Question 24

Cell Theory

Answer 24

How cells work in plants and animals. It has multiple parts being that, the cell is the smallest living unit, all living things are made out of cells,