8th Grade Chapter 11

a long period of dry weather with little or no rain

• mortgage

• drought

• shanty

• human resource

the loss of a property because the owner cannot pay the mortgage

• speculation

• overproduction

• protectionism

• foreclosure

an employer or employee who helps produce goods and services

• human resource

• infrastructure

• tariff

• protectionism

the basic facilities and structures that help a community run, such as roads, power plants, cell towers etc.

• mortgage

• stock

• infrastructure

• speculation

the production of more goods than consumers want or are able to buy

• human resource

• stock

• overproduction

• speculation

the practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition through restrictions on international trade

• tariff

• foreclosure

• mortgage

• protectionism

a loan used to buy a home or other real estate

• mortgage

• foreclosure

• stock

• speculation

a crudely built, makeshift dwelling

• foreclosure

• human resource

• mortgage

• shanty

making a risky short-term investment in hopes of a quick profit

• protectionism

• tariff

• speculation

• stock

a share in the ownership and profits of a company

• stock

• speculation

• protectionism

• infrastructure