Industrial Revolution Vocabulary and Definitions Chart
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The Industrial Revolution
Lesson Plans by Matt Campbell
The Industrial Revolution is more than a period of time of where new inventions flourished and industry boomed. These inventions, along with population growth, shaped how millions of people lived and worked on a global scale. With these activities, students will understand and analyze how this time period impacted Europe and the world beyond.
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Industrial Revolution Vocabulary Activity
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- URBANIZATION
- Urbanization is the process in which the population density shifts from a rural area to one that is more concentrated to larger towns and cities.
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- AUTOMATION
- Automation is the process in which machinery is able to conduct work with little to no human control or input.
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- AGRARIAN SOCIETY
- An agrarian society is a culture or community in which farmland and growing crops is the primary means of subsistence and economic survival.
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- INDUSTRIAL WASTE
- Industrial waste is the unwanted by-product of a manufacturing process or damaged, defective, or superfluous material. With the rise of mass production in factories, harmful industrial waste led to pollution.