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Vocabulary Quiz 4th
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |