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Vocabulary Quiz 4th
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Term | Definition |
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Refinery | place where crude oil is changed into a usable form. |
Monopoly | a system that maintains complete control of a product or service |
Boom | time when businesses grow quickly and strongly |
Sanitation | protection of public health through cleanliness |
Settlement house | a place that offers help with services such as education, meals, and health care |
Trolley | electric railcars |
Inventor | person who creates a new product, a new way of performing tasks, or a way of improving existing products |
Patent | right to make money from an invention |
Longitude | distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |
Latitude | distance north or south of equator measured in degrees |