A | B |
enclosure | a fenced-in or hedged-in field created by wealthy British landowners |
urbanization | the growth of cities and the migration of people into them |
industrialization | the development of industries for the machine production of goods |
crop rotation | the system of growing a different crop in a field each year |
entrepreneur | a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business |
factories | a large building in which machinery is used |
factors of production | the resources—including land, labor and capital—that are needed to produce goods |
capitalism | economic system based on private ownership and supply and demand |
imperialism | a policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or socially |
paternalism | treating people like children by meeting their needs but not giving them any rights |
sepoy | an Indian soldier serving under British command |
civil disobedience | a nonviolent refusal to obey laws in an effort to cause change in a government |
annexation | adding a region to an existing country |
home rule | when native people are in control of their own country |
colony | a land controlled by a distant nation |