The Industrial Revolution

123456789101112131415161718192021
Across
  1. 4. to feed on growing plants, such as grass
  2. 6. unproductive; inadequate in performance
  3. 8. the right to vote
  4. 10. to sow seeds by throwing them over a field by hand
  5. 11. money used to invest in business
  6. 12. an economy based on industry, not agriculture
  7. 15. an act forbidding anyone except members of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions
  8. 16. a supply of workers
  9. 18. land held to be used by everyone
  10. 19. a complete change in something; the overthrow of a government
  11. 20. world-wide
  12. 21. a group of animals distinguished by particular characteristics
Down
  1. 1. animal droppings used to fertilize land
  2. 2. in the language of colonialism, the colonizing power was often referred to as the "mother country - a sexist reference no longer used
  3. 3. the essential materials needed in an industry to make a profit
  4. 4. an increase in the world's temperature
  5. 5. a person who runs a business, taking the risk in order to earn a profit
  6. 7. animal food
  7. 9. action in one's own interest, rather than another's
  8. 13. exploit to use
  9. 14. new inventions; the science of industry
  10. 17. a layer of gas above the Earth's surface that protects human being from harmful rays of the sun