| Question | Answer |
| A new method, idea or product | innovation
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A social group of people in the middle of the social hierarchy that includes professional and business people and their families | middle class
| Large-scale production of items in a factory | manufacturing
| A factory housing powered spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton | cotton mill
| The movement of people from rural areas to towns and cities | urbanisation
| A heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid | steam engine
| Employees who work in return for payment, which may be in the form of an hourly wage, part-time work or an annual salary | labour
| The period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society, involving the extensive re-organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing | industrialisation
| Conditions relating to public health, especially the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal | sanitation
| An organisation that bargains with the employer on behalf of members and negotiates labour contracts, pay, conditions and other matters with employers | trade union
| The process of changing from working largely or exclusively by hand or with animals to doing that work with machinery | mechanism
| Machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge | technology
| A system or means of carrying people and goods from one place to another | transportation
| The process of making and enacting laws | legislation
| The state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services and the supply of money | economy
| An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state | capitalism |
