WorksheetsCh. 20 Vocabulary
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a merger?
when companies split apart
when companies combine
when owners reduce employees
when employees strike
What is a legal order saying you can't do something?
monopoly
shareholder
injunction
strikebreaker
What do you call someone who invests in a company?
shareholder
strikebreaker
corporation
trust
What is standard gauge?
used to measure height
agreed upon common distance measurement
different distances depending on the state
used to measure weight
Who is the most famous railroad baron?
Andrew Carnegie
Charles Bessemer
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The railroad barons form these to set rates.
trusts
pools
strikes
corporations
What car put Ford on the map?
Model K
Model S
Model T
Model P
These are sometimes called "scabs."
shareholders
strikebreakers
employers
pools
What is capital?
funding for business
number of workers
presidents
factors of production
Factors of ________ are the needed elements to make things.
creation
building
production
corporations
This term means work or the people who do the work.
employer
scab
trust
labor
What is a synonym for stock?
trust
corporation
share
pool
This means that an industry is controlled by one company.
corporation
trust
entrepreneur
monopoly
This is a discount.
trust
rebate
pool
stock
This is a synonym for a business.
corporation
strikebreaker
entrepreneur
collective bargaining
This is a negotiation between employees and employers over wages, etc.
factors of production
collective bargaining
monopoly
sweatshop
____________ allow for _______________.
monopolies;ompetition
railroad barons; monopolies
assembly lines; mass productioin
pools; rebates
