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Core Knowledge 6 - Industrialization of America - Vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

the organization of society around an economy based on the use of machines and factories.

a)

investor

b)

market economy

c)

industrialization

d)

sweatshop

e)

regulate

2.

relating to cities.

a)

political machine

b)

tax

c)

trust

d)

urban

e)

union

3.

money that people must pay to the government so that it can fund such things as schools and roads.

a)

political machine

b)

tax

c)

trust

d)

urban

e)

union

4.

a factory in which employees work for long hours in unsafe conditions for a low wage.

a)

investor

b)

market economy

c)

industrialization

d)

sweatshop

e)

regulate

5.

a group that maintains political control, usually of a city, through bribery and intimidation.

a)

political machine

b)

tax

c)

trust

d)

urban

e)

union

6.

an economic system in which prices are determined by competition among businesses and not by the government.

a)

investor

b)

market economy

c)

industrialization

d)

sweatshop

e)

regulate

7.

an organization formed by workers to win and protect workers' rights.

a)

political machine

b)

tax

c)

trust

d)

urban

e)

union

8.

a person who puts money into a business with the goal of later making a profit.

a)

investor

b)

market economy

c)

industrialization

d)

sweatshop

e)

regulate

9.

to control or put limits on,

a)

investor

b)

market economy

c)

industrialization

d)

sweatshop

e)

regulate

10.

a combination of corporations created to reduce competition and control prices

a)

political machine

b)

tax

c)

trust

d)

urban

e)

union