Nation of Industry and Innovation Vocabulary

What is the process of interlacing threads to make fabric called?

• spinning

• sewing

• knitting

• weaving

What term describes a railroad that spans the entire continent?

• global railroad

• worldwide railroad

• intercontinental railroad

• transcontinental railroad

What do we call the basic material from which a product is made?

• finished product

• raw material

• processed goods

• manufactured material

What is the belief in the importance of industry and technology in a country called?

• technologism

• industrialism

• industrialization

• agriculturalism

What invention allowed people to send messages over long distances using electricity?

• television

• telephone

• telegraph

• telescope

What do we call a person who puts money into a project in order to make a profit?

• borrower

• investor

• donor

• spender

What is the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service called?

• Monopoly

• Oligopoly

• Competition

What is an organization of workers formed to protect their rights and interests called?

• union

• alliance

• Worker coalition

• Business club

What is the process of making an area more urban, or city-like, called?

• suburbanization

• countryside-ization

• urbanization

• ruralization

An apartment building, meeting only the minimum safety standards

• house

• tenement

• appartment