a financial share of ownership of a company

a time period in history when there was a change from doing work by hand to work done by machines

a company that has control of an entire industry

describes an economy in which people are free to start their own businesses or to do whatever work they want

someone who buys or uses goods and services

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

the growth or spreading of cities

a communications system that uses coded bursts of electricity to send messages over long distances

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

someone who creates a new business and who takes on all the risks and rewards of starting and running it

a large business owned by investors

someone who puts money into a business hoping to make a profit