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INDUSTRIALISM VOCABU
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| money or property especially used to make more money | capital |
| a period of poor business and high unemployment | depression |
| different people doing different jobs that in the end all combine to finish a complicated task or activity; also called specialization | division of labor |
| an animal used for pulling loads | draft animal |
| a public display of agricultural and industrial progress | exposition |
| when both the seller and the buyer of an item or a service agree on a fair price without anyone else's influence or control | free market |
| water beneath the earth's surface | ground water |
| the ability to resist or not be seriously affected by a disease | immunity |
| what happens when prices go up and money is worth less | inflation |
| a time large numbers of workers are fired, often with no warning | layoff |
| the result of a poor diet | malnutrition |
| the movement from one place to another | migration |
| hunting or fishing on another person's land without the right to do so | poaching |
| the head of the majority party in a parliamentary government | prime minister |
| a worker, from the Latin word proletarius (which referred to people without property, the lowest class of Roman citizens) | proletarian |
| a person who wants to change conditions he or she thinks are harmful | reformer |
| healthy, clean living conditions | sanitation |
| a system of government in which the state controls the economy and runs businesses for the benefit of citizens | socialism |
| all the things that people have that make their lives comfortable—food, clothing, shelter, services, and so on | standard of living |
| to stop working until certain demands are met | strike |
| aid given by government agencies to those in need | welfare system |