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Unit 9 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Segregation | setting one group apart from another |
Industrial nation | a country with a high level of development |
Wages | payment for labor or services from an employer to an employee, income earned for work |
Corporation | large businesses that are owned by several people |
Income | money received for working |
Suffrage | right to vote |
Imperialism | building an empire by claiming other countries, sometimes against their will |
Capital | the money it takes to start or improve a business |
Tenement | a poorly built apartment building |
Industrialization | an economic activity characterized by manufacturing of goods |
Mass Production | the creation of large amounts of goods in a short time |
Specialization of Labor | dividing up work for individuals to have specific tasks |
Free Enterprise System | also called a market economy; economy that relies mostly on market forces to distribute goods and resources and determine prices |
Urbanization | the migration of people to live in cities |
Immigration | moving from one's homeland to live in another place |
Labor Union | an organization formed by workers to provide for better working conditions |
Entrepreneur | a person who starts and runs ones own business |
Sweatshop | a workplace with very poor working conditions |
Settlement House | a house where workers help people in a poor neighborhood |
Reform | to change for the better |
Innovation | a new idea, method or device |
Monopoly | a market structure characterized by a single seller that faces no competition. |