Great Depression Vocabulary (Gallopade-Ch.9)

​ ​ Unemployment is the state of not having ​ (a)  

• a job
• savings
• food
• a home

What is the definition of drought?

• a long period of dry weather with little or no rain

• a long period of wet weather with heavy rainfall

• a long period of cold weather with little or no wind

• a long period of hot weather with heavy winds

Tariff is a ​ ​ (a)   that is placed on goods brought into one country from another 

• tax
• ban
• discount
• limit

Choose the correct definition of depression.

• a long period in which a country’s economy is doing very well and many people are working more than one job

• a long period in which a country’s economy is not doing well and many people are without jobs

• a long period in which a country’s economy is not doing well and many people are working more than one job

• a long period in which a country’s economy is doing very well but many people are without jobs

a dam is a barrier that ​ (a)   the flow of water

• blocks
• depends on
• encourages
• starts

Choose the correct definition of stock.

• a document that gives someone ownership of a cash crop

• the money a business pays for its expenses

• a share in the ownership and profits of a company

• the full price of a voyage to a new colony

Choose the correct definition of civilian.

• a person who supports conservation

• a person not in the armed services or the police force

• a person who is not a citizen

• a person younger than thirty

Choose the correct definition of shantytown.

• an area of permanent dwellings that receives electricity for the first time

• a camp created by workers during the New Deal to provide housing

• an area of makeshift dwellings inhabited by poor or homeless people

• a camp for young workers expanding and developing the national parks 

Choose the correct definition of debt.

• something that is stored, typically weapons

• something that is taken, typically land

• something that is a punishment, typically fines or prison

• something that is owed, typically money

Match the following

• a share in the ownership and profits of a company

• stock

• a person not in the armed services or the police force

• civilian

• a long period of dry weather with little or no rain

• unemployment

• a tax that is placed on goods brought into one country from another

• tariff

• the state of not having a job

• drought