Industrial Revolution

3. an increase in the world's ozone layer
6. animal droppings used to fertilize land
8. in the language of colonialism, the colonizing power was often referred to as the "mother" country - a sexist term no longer in use
11. the essential materials needed in an industry to make a product
12. new inventions; the science of industry
14. a complete change in something; the overthrow of a government
15. to sow seeds by throwing them over a field by hand
16. land held to be used by everyone
17. money used to invest in business
18. to feed on growing plants, such as grass

1. world-wide
2. an economy based on industry, not agriculture
4. a group of animals distinguished by particular characteristics
5. unproductive; inadequate in performance
7. animal food
9. a layer of gas above the earth's surface that protects human beings from harmful rays of the sun
10. a supply of workers
12. to use
13. an act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions