Topic 15

A machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, which made large-scale weaving possible.

• Spinning Jenny

• Power Loom

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Communism

A loom for weaving cloth that is powered by steam, water, or electricity; an innovation that made large-scale cloth manufacturing possible.

• Spinning Jenny

• Power Loom

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Communism

The shift from life in agrarian environments to life in cities.

• Spinning Jenny

• Power Loom

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Communism

A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and controls the means of production.

• Spinning Jenny

• Power Loom

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Communism

A political and economic system with the goal of a classless society in which the public owns and controls the means of production.

• Spinning Jenny

• Power Loom

• Urbanization

• Socialism

• Communism

A fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains.

• Fossil fuel

• Puddling

• Free enterprise economy

• Labor

The process in which coke, derived from coal, is used to burn away impurities in crude iron to produce high-quality iron.

• Fossil fuel

• Puddling

• Free enterprise economy

• Labor

A market economy in which privately owned businesses have the freedom to operate for a profit with limited government intervention.

• Fossil fuel

• Puddling

• Free enterprise economy

• Labor

Work performed by people that provides goods or services in an economy.

• Fossil fuel

• Puddling

• Free enterprise economy

• Labor

Money available for investment.

• Capital

• Entrepreneur

• Cottage Industry