| A | B |
|---|
| textile | cloth or fabric made by weaving |
| raw materials | what colonial pwers wanted from their colonies |
| factories | where goods are made by machines |
| imported | brought in from one country to another |
| labor unions | workers who join together to protect their wages |
| imperialism | conquering other lands to gain access to their resources |
| industrial revolution | the era of history 1750's - 1910 when making goods by machine instead of by hand |
| investors | people with money who backed new businesses |
| steam engine | completely changed transportation |
| child labor | children employed in factories for low wages |
| coal | the main source of energy used by steam engines to generate power |
| agriculture | farming; it was the first area that saw machines replacing human workers |
| slums | another name for ghetto |
| colony | settlers from another country who are responsible for sending raw materials back to their homeland (mother country) |
| entrepreneur | develops businesses |
| domestic system of production | making products at home |
| mass production | making large quantities of a product using machinery |
| capital | the money; machines; and even human skill needed to make a business successful |
| monopoly | no competition |
| exploitation | taking advantage of others |
