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Review Quiz 2-2 4th
| 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 |
| 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 |