Unit 5 Chapter 1 Vocabulary

a tool used to weave fabric

• loom

• telegraph

• capital

The power __________ was able to produce fabric much faster than earlier models operated by hand.

• loom

• capital

to create fabric by lacing together threads

• weave

• investor

• money

The worker carefully wound the colored threads on the loom so she could _____ the detailed pattern.

• union

• weave

crossing the entire continent

• transcontinental

• telegraph

• camera

The _______ railroad made long-distance travel from one side of the country to the other much faster and more efficient.

• capital

• transcontinental

something that can be used to make or create a product, such as cotton for clothing

• President

• union

• raw material

Iron ore was an important ____ ______ for the railroad industry because iron was used to make spikes and rail lines.

• telegraph station

• raw material

a system in which a society's economy is based on machines and factories

• industrialism

• weave

_______ made it possible for businesses to produce more goods more quickly and for less money.

• capital

• industrialism