Industrial Revolution

6. to feed on growing plants, such as grass
10. in the language of colonialism, the colonizing power was often referred to as the "mother" country
11. the essential materials needed in an industry to make a product
13. money used to invest in business
15. new inventions; the science of industry
17. a layer of gas above the Earth's surface that protects human beings from harmful rays of the sun
18. a group of animals distinguished by particular characteristics

1. animal droppings used to fertilize land
2. animal food
3. an economy based on industry, not agriculture
4. unproductive; inadequate in performance
5. a supply of workers
6. to use
7. an increase in the world's temperature
8. a complete change in something; the overthrow of a government
9. to sow seeds by throwing them over a field by hand
12. land which could be used by everyone
14. an act forbidding anyone except member of the Church of England from holding political office or entering the professions
16. world-wide