Historical Thinking Skills Unit 7

Wealth in the form of anything that gives its owner value, an advantage, or more money

A person who organizes, manages, and operates a business(es) and taking on necessary risks for the company in order to gain more profit or capital.

A plant consisting of a set of buildings that contains facilities where large amounts of goods are made through manufacturing

A key invention that was developed by John Kay, which became an important step towards automatic weaving and fueled the Industrial Revolution. Additionally It enabled the weaver of a loom to throw the shuttle back and forth between the threads with one hand.

A term used to describe growth to a global or worldwide scale

The process through which an individual(s) come into a country(especially a country of which they are not native to) to live or settle there permanently.

A period of global transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. Additionally it impacted society and changed everyday life globally, by helpful inventions created to reduce labor and increase the speed of which products or goods were made

The development of industries on a wide or extensive scale in a country or region.

Work, especially work involving the use of physical, mental, and social effort to produce goods and earn wages or payment in exchange.

An economy that relies primarily on market forces(supply and demand; buyers and sellers) to distribute goods and resources and to determine prices. Market economies are not controlled by a government and are based on voluntary exchange

An economic system that combines aspects of both capitalism(private enterprise) and socialism(state enterprise)

Something that attracts people to a place, especially a country or an activity

Reasons that may cause individuals to emigrate or leave from their homes or country to more to another.

When individuals are drawn and move temporarily or permanently, from a rural area to an urban city in search for opportunities driven by poverty and hopes to do better or a better quality of life

An early spinning machine with multiple spindles that’s used for spinning wool or cotton, invented by James Hargreaves. the spinning jenny is also one of the key developments in the industrialization of textile manufacturing.

A machine that uses heat and steam pressure to create mechanical motion. The external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder

A rundown apartment house with a room or set of rooms forming a separate residence within a house or block of apartments that barely meets the minimal standards for a comfortable space

An artifact formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, tatting, felting, bonding, or braiding these yarn together (a flexible material made by creating an interlocking network of yarns or threads, which are then produced and turned into yarn)

The social process in which the proportions of people living in towns and cities increase and societies become more urban

An invention that was able to spin 96 threads at a time, which was easier and a faster method, created by Richard Arkwright. Additionally since it was run on water or horses, it produced stronger and harder yarn than the spinning jenny. It also led to the development of mechanized looms