Specific tasks completed in order, each worker responsible for one task, leading to increased speed and efficiency.

Accumulate gold and silver, promote exports, limit imports, colonies provide raw materials.

Acquire colonies, establish protectorates, use military force, extend influence.

Extend authority, establish settlements, occupy land, control people and resources.

Shift from handmade goods to machine-made products, starting in the late 18th century.

Super-efficient way to make things where each worker has a specific job.

Parts that can be replaced without replacing the whole product.

Transformation from agricultural to industrial society using machines to produce goods.

How a society is divided into layers based on wealth, power, and prestige.

The increase in the number of people in a population.

A production process where tasks are completed in a specific order to build a product.

Economic theory that wealth is tied to gold and silver, promoting exports and limiting imports.

Extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

A country seeking to extend its authority over other territories, often by establishing settlements and occupying the land.

Causes: New technologies, energy sources. Effects: Urbanization, new social classes, expansion of trade.

Causes: Innovation, demand for efficiency. Effects: Increased production, social changes, economic growth.

Causes: Desire for wealth, competition between nations. Effects: Colonialism, trade restrictions, economic exploitation.

Causes: Desire for power, resources. Effects: Exploitation, economic development, cultural exchange.

Causes: Desire for resources, expansion. Effects: Cultural impacts, economic changes, political system changes.

Causes: Birth rates, immigration, life expectancy. Effects: Economic growth, resource strain.