Thursday, March 27, 2014

Key Terms of Unit 5.4: Migration

Key Terms:
Immigration- The act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country .

Emigration-Act of leaving one's country to settle in another.

Automobile-A road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and able to carry a small number of people.

Steam Engine-An engine that uses expansion or condensation of steam to generate power.

Urbanization-The increasing numbers of people in an area.

Factory System-A method of manufacturing first adopted in England at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 1750s and later spread abroad.

Railroads-A track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.

Industrialization-A period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one.

Foreign-Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.


Sources: 
Smith, Bonnie G., Marc van de Vieroop, Richard van Glahn, and Kris Lane.
      Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples. United Sates of America: Bedford/
      St. Martin's, 2012. Online.

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