Understanding Key Concepts of Industrialization and Society

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Structure Radical rail routes are concentrated at a point (Madrid, Spain).
GDP: Gross Domestic Product (average charge per person of a country).
Combustion Engine: An engine that works on petroleum and opened the way for automobiles.
Opera: A genre attended by nobles.
Upper Crust: People with wealth thanks to industry.
Industrial Revolution: A radical change in industrialization that introduced the steam engine.
CNT: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo.
UGT: Unión General de Trabajadores (Socialist union).
PSOE: Spanish Partido Socialista.
Marxism: A theory advocating for a classless society and the abolition of private property.
Anarchy: A movement by workers and peasants in Catalonia and Andalusia who opposed both government and private property.
Rural Exodus: The migration of individuals from rural areas to cities.
Laborer: A person working in the field who does not receive payment.
Mas: Small farms in Catalonia.
Urbanization: The growth of cities due to the arrival of immigrants.
Demographics: The study of population statistics.
Steam: A textile factory powered by a steam engine.
Arm: A person working with their hands for a living.
Lliurecanvisme: Free trade.
Strike: A workers' protest where they do not attend work to achieve demands.
Protectionism: Policies to protect domestic industries from foreign competition.
Accused: Products that are criticized or blamed.
X: A worker organization aimed at helping workers.
Grisu: A toxic gas found in coal mines.
Colonies Industrial: Textile factories that used water power where workers lived.
Steel: An alloy of iron.
Spun Industry: The industry focused on cotton fabric production.
Vein: An underground layer of coal.
Average Burgesia: Small business owners.
Liberal Profession: Professions that require a university degree.
Peasantry: Individuals engaged in agricultural work.
Field Classes of Society: A government that owns capitalist classes and leadership classes characterized by popular elements.
Luddite: Workers who protested by destroying machines.
Selfatines: Machines that work automatically with steam.
Landowning Nobility: Individuals who own land rented to farmers in exchange for a portion of the harvest.
Lessee: A person who works on another's land in exchange for rent.

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