Week 17 Vocabulary: Industrial Revolution

a large channel dug in the ground that is filled with water for boats to use

• currency

• canal

• tariff

• textiles

when labor is divided amongst a large group of people or community members

• division of labor

• mass production

• specialization

• textiles

system of money

• currency

• Morse code

• plow

• tariff

extra taxes

• canal

• specialization

• tariff

• plow

a tool with a blade that turns the soil over and creates rows for planting

• tariff

• Morse code

• division of labor

• plow

the efficient production of a large number of similar products

• mass production

• textiles

• specialization

• division of labor

when a person or a group becomes an expert in a certain subject or skill

• canal

• mass production

• specialization

• currency

an alphabet with letters are represented by long and short signals of sound or light

• mass production

• currency

• division of labor

• Morse code

fabrics made by spinning threads and weaving them together

• textiles

• canal

• tariff

• currency