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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