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Industrial Revolution
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What is globalization?
The connection of economics, politics, and culture between countries across the world.
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How did the assembly line change work for people?
gave them one thing to specialize in, cut the number of workers required and reduced the time it took to produce things
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How did companies get enough money to pay workers?
Becoming corporations
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Because of steamships, what were people able to trade for the first time?
Food! People were able to keep it cold!
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Why is global trade important?
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What kind of buildings were starting to be built?
Trenches
Underground homes
Skyscrapers
Modern style
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What happened to cities because of the IR?
first urbanization, then they got overcrowded!
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Which of the following is an example of division of labor?
Daniel and Clara both make toy cars.
Anthony built the car on his own.
Jenna cuts cloth, and Craig sews seams.
Gina teaches Clarke how to make a pair of shoes.
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Competition between companies around the world led to
lower productivity
fewer corporations
lower prices
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What did the IR do to prices of goods?
Lowered them!
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What new ways was electricity used?
Light bulbs, record players, motion picture
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What is a corporation?
a business owned by several people
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The ability to make a large number of the same type of good is called ____________________.
mass production
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Name an important invention from the Industrial Revolution.
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What were railroads and steamboats used for?
Trade and travel
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How did unions affect workers?
organized labor unions fought for better wages, reasonable hours and safer working conditions
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As a result of industrialization, many people moved from
farms to cities
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What were factory conditions like?
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Why was the sewing machine important?
It influenced the role and status of women, revolutionized the garment trade, and modernized other businesses such as shoemaking and upholstery.
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What was one of the United's States main exports?
Coal, oil, engines
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What metal was used the most during the IR?
Steel
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What new thing did people start investing in?
Foreign business
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How would division of labor speed up production?
It simplified what each person did
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What IR invention could you not live without today?
typewriter, telephone, railroad, boat, etc.
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