Unit 9 Vocabulary Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| 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. |
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