Module 15 vocab BY camren Fultz
Across
- 8. an economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit.
- 9. a large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods.
- 10. identical machine-made parts, the use of which made factory work more efficient.
- 13. one of the fenced-in or hedged-in fields created by wealthy British landowners on land that was formerly worked by village farmers.
- 14. the theory, proposed by Jeremy Bentham in the late 1700s, that government actions are useful only if they promote the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
- 15. an economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
- 16. a political philosophy that argues that all forms of government are harmful and should be done away with entirely.
- 20. certain rights of ownership of a corporation.
- 21. a person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risks of a business.
- 22. a social class made up of skilled workers, professionals, businesspeople, and wealthy farmers.
- 23. the development of industries for the machine production of goods.
- 24. the idea that government should not interfere with or regulate industries and businesses.
- 25. the resources—including land, labor, and capital—that are needed to produce goods and services.
Down
- 1. a business owned by stockholders who share in its profits but are not personally responsible for its debts.
- 2. an economic concept that refers to separating tasks in which people in a factory or company work at one kind of job and learn to do it well.
- 3. an economic system in which all means of production—land, mines, factories, railroads, and businesses—are owned by the people, private property does not exist, and all goods and services are shared equally.
- 4. German social philosopher and chief theorist of modern socialism and communism; he declared that as capitalism grew, more and more workers would become impoverished and miserable. He advocated for a state in which the workers own the means of production and govern themselves. Along with Friedrich Engels, he wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848, explaining their philosophy.
- 5. when one worker specializes in doing one task.
- 6. the growth of cities and the migration of people into them.
- 7. the system of manufacturing large numbers of identical items.
- 11. British engineer who invented the Bessemer Process, a cheap way to mass-produce steel.
- 12. a situation where people rely on others to provide the goods and services they need.
- 17. the system of growing a different crop in a field each year to preserve the fertility of the land.
- 18. in a factory, an arrangement in which a product is moved from worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in its manufacture.
- 19. Scottish economist; he became the leading advocate of laissez faire economics and is considered by some to be the “father of modern economics. ” He wrote the first true text on economics, The Wealth of Nations, in 1776.