Chapter 11 set 2 vocabulary

A financial share of ownership of a company.

• bond
• stock
• currency
• commodity

A factory system in which a product is put together as it moves past a line of workers, each of who does one part of the whole job.

• assembly line
• production line
• manufacturing line
• conveyor belt

A type of factory that turns oil into different products, such as gasoline.

• plant
• factory
• refinery
• processing facility

A company that has control of an entire industry.

• monopoly
• cartel
• competition
• oligopoly

Variety within a group.

• difference
• uniformity
• homogeneity
• diversity

Unfair, negative opinions about a group of people.

• Discrimination
• Bias
• Racism
• Prejudice

Unjust treatment of a person or group by a government.

• discrimination
• persecution
• tyranny
• oppression

A building that has been divided into many small apartments.

• multi-family building
• tenement

• residential tower
• condominium complex

A group of workers, usually in the same type of job, who have united to demand better wages and working conditions.

• employee association
• labor union
• collective bargaining
• strike

A place where different peoples, cultures, and ideas are mixed together.

• fusion
• melting pot
• amalgamation
• blend