Industrial Revolution Unit-Crossword Review Game
A crossword available to students to test their knowledge on The Industrial Revolution
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Topics of this game:
- Idea of providing the greatest good for the greatest amount of people
- The practice of seeing the world as it really was, a reaction to the Industrial Revolution
- A mixed economy in which the government has majority control of the industries, pushed for greater equality
- Referred to as ‘Laissez-Faire), no government regulation
- An extreme command economy where the government controls everything
- A method of manufacturing by using machinery and division of labor
- A home based economy, used back when Britain was made up of villages (Cottage)
- The wealthy farmers began to put fences around the common, an increase in profit & unemployed farmers
- Economic concept that determines the price of an item based off of scarcity, also called ‘The Invisible Hand’
- Idea that people also follow natural selection: the poor die off due to not be suitable for the world
- Child labor reforms laws that outlawed child labor and women/children from working underground
- Idea that states diseases are caused by microorganisms
- The migration of people from the rural areas to the cities
- A group of manufactures/suppliers that keep prices high and restrict competition
- Businesses that are owned by many different investors that buy shares of stock
- A cycle in which the poor will remain poor, workers values ties down as supply increases, broken by education
- Movement that called for the wealthy to help the poor
- Created the idea of ‘The Invisible Hand’ and author of “The Nations of Wealth”
- Creator of the Iron Law of Wages theory
- Advocate for allowing the poor to die in the best interest of the majority
- Father of communism and author of “The Communist Manifesto”
- Inventor of the spinning jenny which helped increase the production of thread
- Inventor of the cotton gin which helped separate seeds from cotton
- Developed the steam engine which helped power machines and locomotives
- Inventor of the seed drill, created a more efficient ways to plant seeds and produce more crops
- Created a way to smelt iron from its ore using coal, could be mass produced to make bridges and trains
- Creator of the steam power locomotive, goods can now be shipped faster and cheaper
- Created the process of making steel from iron, became valuable material in construction
- Creator of dynamite which was utilized in both construction and war
- Creator of the electric light bulb, brought light into factories and homes
- Inventor of the gasoline powered internal combustion engine, people began to move away from horse-drawn carriages
- Developed the assembly line process to help mass produce cars
- These brothers crested the first flying machine, brought in the age of sir and inspired daredevil pilots
- Created the first telegraph that had the ability to send coded messages between Europe and North-America
- Founded the worlds first nursing school & introduced sanitary measures that helped boost hygiene within field hospitals
- The development of industries in a country or region
- This is the country where the industrial revolution primarily took place
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