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Chapter 8&9 Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Products made for personal use. | Consumer Goods |
| Taking home a product afterpaying only part of the price and then making monthly payments until the product is paid for. | Installment Buying |
| An extra amount. | Surplus |
| The process in which tasks that were once done by hand are now done by machines. | Mechanization |
| The movement of people t cities. | Urbanization |
| To travel back and forth to work. | Commute |
| A music style influenced by the music of West Africa and by spirituals and blues. | Jazz |
| A time of great interest and activity in the arts. | Rennaisance |
| A time where industries do not grow and many people are out of work. | Depression |
| The number of people without a job. | Unemployment |
| A plan for spending in which a government does not spend more money than it makes. | Balanced Budget |
| An idea for a law. | Bill |
| retirement income pay to people who stop working at a certain age. | Pension |
| By law, the lowest amount of money that a person can be paid per hour. | Minimum Wage |