Just a friendly reminder, we will have a test over the entire Civil Rights Movement this Thursday, May 10! The vocab and the material from the study guide. Study up!
Month: May 2018
17.6 Vocab
- colony: land that another country owns and uses
- destroyed: ruined
- established: created
- colonists: the people who live in the colonies
- majority: more than half
- minority: less than half
- Pilgrims: colonists from England who wanted religious freedom
- pull factors: reasons that attract immigrants to a country
- Push factor: reasons that push you out of a place
- Great Lakes: the 5 lakes around Michigan
- founded: established; created
- Outdo: compete
- dominate: control
- starvation: famine; not having enough food
- increase: go up
- decrease: go down
- population: the number of people living in a country
- cash crops: crops that are grown to make profit
Econ 6.1 Vocab
Chapter 6 Vocab
- price: the value of a product determined by supply and demand
- signals: signs, hints
- neutral: not favoring producer or consumer
- consumption: use of a product
- compromises: when 2 sides agree to give up something they want to meet in the middle
- rationing: where government decides everyone’s “fair” share
- salary: amount of money made per year (fixed)
- incentive: reason to do something, inspiration
- motivation: wanting to work harder and succeed
- allocation: dividing up goods, time, or money
- inflation: the steady increase of prices
- rebate: partial refund of the original price of a product
- employees: workers
- network: a connected group of businesses who work together
Econ Test on Thursday 5/3/18
Above is the study guide for the test on Thursday, May 3. Please prepare and study. Copies of S.G. will be given 2 days prior to the test.