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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Economy | the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., especially with a view to its productivity. |
| Boom | a period of rapid economic growth, prosperity, high wages and prices, and relatively full employment. |
| Assembly Line | an arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which a product is assembled by having each perform a specific, successive operation on an incomplete unit as it passes by in a series of stages organized in a direct line. |
| Division of Labor | a production process in which a worker or group of workers is assigned a specialized task in order to increase efficiency. |
| Stock | the shares of a particular company or corporation |
| Stock Market | a particular market where stocks and bonds are traded |
| Consumer Goods | goods that are ready for consumption in satisfaction of human wants, as clothing or food, and are not utilized in any further production |
| Profit | the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials |
| Urban | living in a city. |
| Broadcast | to transmit (programs) from a radio or television station |
| Aviator | a pilot of an airplane or other heavier-than-air aircraft. |
| Prohibition | the period (1920–33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S |
| Jazz | music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century.Was mainly created by African Americans |
| Harlem renaissance | a cultural movement in 1920s America during which black art, literature, and music experienced renewal and growth, originating in New York City's Harlem district. |
| Wages | money that is paid or received for work or services. |
| Rural | living in the country |