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Review Quiz 2-2 4th
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 |
Underground Railroad | system for helping enslaved people escape to freedom |
Reformer | person trying to bring about change for the better |
Commercial | relating to business activity |
Natural Resources | are resources that are found in nature. (water, timber, coal, animals, natural gas) |
Human Resources | human labor that goes into making a good or providing a service. (Farmers, doctors, cashiers) |
Capital goods | refers to tools, equipment, and machines, needed to produce other goods and services. |
Relative location | refers to the position of a place or entity based on its positive with respect to other locations. For example, the location of the US Capitol is located about 38 miles southwest of Baltimore. |
Absolute location | describes the location of a place based on a fixed point on earth. The most common way is to identify the location using coordinates such as latitude and longitude. |
Bill of rights | The first 10 amendments of the Constitution |