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US 2.0 Vocabulary

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of capitalism?

a)

The process of turning metal into coins

b)

An economic system where trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the government

c)

A company that is legally separate from its owners

d)

The practice of alternating crops grown on the same land to preserve soil fertility and reduce pests

2.

What is the definition of coinage?

a)

The process of turning metal into coins

b)

A portion of a company’s profits paid to shareholders

c)

A business strategy in which a company expands its operations at the same stage of the supply chain in its industry

d)

The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at a given price

3.

What is the definition of corporation?

a)

A company that is legally separate from its owners

b)

The practice of cutting flat areas into slopes to create farmland and reduce erosion

c)

Exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market

d)

A form of government in which power is held by a small group of people

4.

What is the definition of crop rotation?

a)

The practice of alternating crops grown on the same land to preserve soil fertility and reduce pests

b)

The combination of two or more companies into one

c)

Large-scale manufacturing of goods using standardized designs and assembly-line techniques

d)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

5.

What is the definition of demand?

a)

The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at a given price

b)

A share in the ownership and profits of a company

c)

Someone who helps fund organizations by investing and loaning large amounts of money

d)

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering

6.

What is the definition of dividend?

a)

A) A portion of a company’s profits paid to shareholders

b)

B) The process of turning metal into coins

c)

C) The development of an area to gain more attributes of a city, including a higher population

d)

D) An economic system where prices are determined by supply and demand with little or no government control

7.

What is the definition of entrepreneur?

a)

A) A person who takes the risk to organize resources to produce a new or better good or service in hopes of gaining a profit

b)

B) The practice of cutting flat areas into slopes to create farmland and reduce erosion

c)

C) The combination of two or more companies into one

d)

D) A form of government in which power is held by a small group of people

8.

What is the definition of financier?

a)

Someone who helps fund organizations by investing and loaning large amounts of money

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

d)

A company that is legally separate from its owners

9.

What is the definition of free market?

a)

An economic system where prices are determined by supply and demand with little or no government control

b)

The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at a given price

c)

Exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market

d)

The practice of alternating crops grown on the same land to preserve soil fertility and reduce pests

10.

What is the definition of horizontal integration?

a)

A business strategy in which a company expands its operations at the same stage of the supply chain in its industry

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The combination of two or more companies into one

d)

A share in the ownership and profits of a company

11.

What is the definition of infrastructure?

a)

The basic structures that help communities run, such as roads, ports, aqueducts, powerplants, and communication systems

b)

The practice of alternating crops grown on the same land to preserve soil fertility and reduce pests

c)

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering

d)

The process of turning metal into coins

12.

What is the definition of invest?

a)

To put time or money into something in the hopes of earning a future benefit, usually more money

b)

The combination of two or more companies into one

c)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

d)

A form of government in which power is held by a small group of people

13.

What is the definition of laissez-faire?

a)

A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course without interfering

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The practice of cutting flat areas into slopes to create farmland and reduce erosion

d)

The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at a given price

14.

What is the definition of mass production?

a)

Large-scale manufacturing of goods using standardized designs and assembly-line techniques

b)

The combination of two or more companies into one

c)

The development of an area to gain more attributes of a city, including a higher population

d)

A share in the ownership and profits of a company

15.

What is the definition of merger?

a)

The combination of two or more companies into one

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The practice of alternating crops grown on the same land to preserve soil fertility and reduce pests

d)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

16.

What is the definition of monopoly?

a)

Exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market

b)

The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at a given price

c)

A company that is legally separate from its owners

d)

The practice of cutting flat areas into slopes to create farmland and reduce erosion

17.

What is the definition of oligarchy?

a)

A form of government in which power is held by a small group of people

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The combination of two or more companies into one

d)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

18.

What is the definition of stock?

a)

A share in the ownership and profits of a company

b)

The practice of alternating crops grown on the same land to preserve soil fertility and reduce pests

c)

The development of an area to gain more attributes of a city, including a higher population

d)

The process of turning metal into coins

19.

What is the definition of supply?

a)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

b)

The combination of two or more companies into one

c)

The process of turning metal into coins

d)

The desire and ability of consumers to purchase goods or services at a given price

20.

What is the definition of terracing?

a)

The practice of cutting flat areas into slopes to create farmland and reduce erosion

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The combination of two or more companies into one

d)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

21.

What is the definition of trust?

a)

An organizational structure that gives control over several businesses to a single board of trustees with the purpose of monopolizing a market

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The combination of two or more companies into one

d)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

22.

What is the definition of urbanization?

a)

The development of an area to gain more attributes of a city, including a higher population

b)

The process of turning metal into coins

c)

The combination of two or more companies into one

d)

The amount of a good or service available for sale at a given price

23.

What is the term for the following definition: a business strategy in which a company expands its operations to take ownership of two or more stages of the supply chain in its industry?

a)

vertical integration

b)

horizontal integration

c)

outsourcing

d)

franchising

24.

What is the term for the following definition: prejudice against or hatred of Jewish people?

a)

antisemitism

b)

xenophobia

c)

islamophobia

d)

misogyny

25.

What is the term for the following definition: a device that stores and provides electrical energy?

a)

battery

b)

resistor

c)

switch

d)

motor

26.

What is the term for the following definition: something that is new, inexperienced, or just beginning?

a)

fledgling

b)

veteran

c)

expert

d)

ancestor

27.

What is the term for the following definition: to create or produce something?

a)

generate

b)

destroy

c)

ignore

d)

reduce

28.

What is the term for the following definition: an organized society or club based on common ties or goals?

a)

fraternal organization

b)

monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

corporation

29.

What is the term for the following definition: to light up or make clear?

a)

illuminate

b)

obscure

c)

diminish

d)

confuse

e)

neglect

30.

What is the term for the following definition: glowing or white with heat?

a)

incandescent

b)

opaque

c)

frigid

d)

translucent

31.

What is the term for the following definition: loyalty and devotion to one’s country and support for its interests above those of other countries or peoples?

a)

nationalism

b)

globalization

c)

federalism

d)

multiculturalism

32.

What is the term for the following definition: a political approach that focuses on appealing to people who feel mistreated or overlooked by the elites?

a)

populism

b)

technocracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

meritocracy

33.

What is the term for the following definition: a person who rejects authority, especially government authority, and sees it as harmful?

a)

anarchist

b)

pacifist

c)

capitalist

d)

nationalist

34.

What is the term for the following definition: over-the-counter products prior to government regulation of them that promised cures and often had dangerous or undisclosed ingredients?

a)

patent medicine

b)

antibiotics

c)

prescription drugs

d)

herbal supplements

35.

What is the term for the following definition: the study of the processes of work?

a)

scientific management

b)

macroeconomics

c)

sociology

d)

ergonomics

36.

What is the term for the following definition: a group whose activities and membership are concealed from non-members?

a)

secret society

b)

public organization

c)

open forum

d)

community club