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Unit 10
Question | Answer |
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stock market | the buying and selling of stocks as shares in companies |
economic depression | a period of economic decline characterized by high unemployment, high prices, and a lack of economic production |
rationing | practice of giving out limited amounts of food and supplies, generally given to soldiers or civilians during war time |
internment | confinement |
Dust Bowl | a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s |
drought | a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water |
rural | relating to, or characteristic of the countryside |
urban | in, relating to, or characteristic of a town or city. |
import | to bring (something, such as merchandise) into a place or country from another country. |
export | send (goods or services) to another country for sale. |