Unit 5 Vocabulary Practice

What is a Bear Market?

• A market with declining prices

• A market with increasing prices

• A market with stable prices

• A market with no trading activity

What is Cooperative Individualism?

• Working together for common goals

• Working individually for common goals

• Competing against each other

• No cooperation or individualism

What is the Gold Standard?

• A monetary system where the value of a country's currency is directly linked to gold

• A system where gold is used as a standard for measuring weight

• A standard for the quality of gold

• A system where gold is the only accepted currency

What are Public Works?

• Projects and services provided by the government for the benefit of the community

• Projects and services provided by private companies for profit

• Works that are publicly displayed

• Works that are not accessible to the public

What is Binding Arbitration?

• A legal process for resolving disputes outside the court system

• A process of binding two objects together

• A type of financial investment

• A method of negotiation without any binding agreements

What is Deficit Spending?

• Spending more money than the government receives in revenue

• Spending less money than the government receives in revenue

• Spending money only on essential items

• Spending money on reducing deficits

What is Installment Relief?

• A method of paying off debts in regular installments

• A relief provided in installments

• A relief provided for a single payment

• A method of relief for large debts

Style of music evolving from African American spirituals and

noted for its melancholy sound often performed over a repeating

harmonic pattern.

• Blues

• Neoclassical

• Baroque

• Ragtime

What is the Dust Bowl?

• A period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s

• A bowl used for collecting dust used in cabins in the 18902,

• NCAA Football game that involves a matchup between two universities in the SW region of the country

• Trophy Cup awarded to Herbert Hoover

Style of music that uses syncopated rhythms and melodies. It Originated in African-American communities in New Orleans, United States

• Jazz

• Country-Western

• Baroque

• Neoclassical