Bayou Bridges Grade 8 Unit 2 Ch. 1 Vocab Flashcard

Front

the negotiation of better wages and working conditions by a group, such as a union

Back

collective bargaining

Front

a practice of workers refusing to work until the company meets their demands in negotiation.

Back

strike

Front

the act of coming to live permanently in a new country

Back

immigration

Front

A shift to the widespread use of machines and factories to produce goods.

Back

industrialization

Front

the formation and growth of cities

Back

urbanization

Front

The way a country manages its money and resources to produce, buy, and sell goods, and services.

Back

economy

Front

a state of poor health due to not having enough healthy food.

Back

malnutrition

Front

unfair treatment of a person or group because of beliefs about that group of people

Back

discrimination

Front

a preference for people born in a country rather than immigrants

Back

nativism

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An economic system in which resources and businesses are privately owned and the government does not control prices.

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capitalism