Industrial Revolution Vocabulary

Erick and Alejandro are working on a history project about the industrial revolution. They discovered a cost-effective method for converting iron into steel by using a blast of air to remove carbon from molten iron. Lulu, their friend, couldn't remember the name of this process. Can you help them remind Lulu what this process is called?

• Locomotive Engine

• Bessemer process

• Bessimure process

• Besamor process

Mohamed, Ana, Phuc, Fazal, and Leh Day are playing a board game where they own resources and markets determine how those resources are distributed, based on the premise of self-interest. This game is a simulation of which economic system?

• Monopoly

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism

Joseph is studying about different systems of manufacturing. He came across a system where workers crafted products in their homes using raw materials supplied by merchants. This system was prevalent before the industrial revolution. What is the name of this system?

• Domestic system

• Foreign system

• Interchangeable system

• Common system

Lauren, Rebecca, and Suany are studying history and they come across the term 'enclosure'. They find different definitions. Can you help them understand what 'enclosure' is?

• It's the repossession and fencing-in by landowners of formerly common lands, often for the purpose of building factories

• It's the repossession and fencing-in by landowners of formerly common lands, often for the purpose of commercial farming

• It's the repossession and fencing-in by landowners of formerly private lands, often for the purpose of commercial farming

• It's giving land to the people that belongs to the government

Mumtaz, Hser, and Taya are studying for their history quiz. They can't seem to agree with what a factory system is. What is the correct explanation for a factory system?

• an industrial system of manufacturing in which workers, raw materials, and machinery are sold under the same roof

• an industrial system of manufacturing in which workers, raw materials, and machinery are gathered from different locations

• an industrial system of manufacturing in which workers, raw materials, and machinery are gathered under the same roof

Juan, Ismael, and Santiago are working on a school project about historical events. They are discussing the Industrial Revolution. They define it as a period that began when and characterized by what?

• beginning in the late 1800s, a period in which mechanical power replaced muscle power for the production of goods

• beginning in the late 1700s, a period in which mechanical power replaced muscle power for the production of goods

• beginning in 1680, a period in which mechanical power replaced muscle power for the production of goods

• beginning in the late 1700s, a period in which muscle power replaced mechanical power for the production of goods

Didier, Danna, and Perla are part of a robotics club at their school. They are currently working on a project where they have to assemble a robot. They notice that some parts of the robot can be swapped for one another in the assembling process, because they have been precisely cut and shaped to be identical. These parts are called...

• exchangeable parts

• interchangeable parts

• intertradable parts

• swappable parts

Mr. Anaya is up late making a Quizizz for his World History classes and he can't seem to remember what the definition for the term "mass production" is. Can you help him out?

• manufacture of identical items through the use of specialization and interchangeable parts

• the low-volume, high-cost manufacture of identical items through the use of specialization and interchangeable parts

• the high-volume, low-cost manufacture of identical items through the use of specialization and interchangeable parts

• the high-volume, low-cost manufacture of identical items through the use of machinery and unique parts

Mr. Anaya, Miss Juvy, and Mr. Copeland are discussing about a company in their town. Mr. Anaya says that this company has a monopoly. What does Mr. Anaya mean by the word monopoly?

• He means it's a fun board game they can play.

• He means the company has complete control by one firm of the production and/or the supply of a good.

• He means the company owns everything and everyone in the world.

• He means the company has partial control by many firms of the production and/or of the supply of goods.

The amount of goods or services that result for each unit of required resources used (output per unit of input) is called...