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17.6 Vocab

  1. colony: land that another country owns and uses
  2. destroyed: ruined
  3. established: created
  4. colonists: the people who live in the colonies
  5. majority: more than half
  6. minority: less than half
  7. Pilgrims: colonists from England who wanted religious freedom
  8. pull factors: reasons that attract immigrants to a country
  9. Push factor: reasons that push you out of a place
  10. Great Lakes: the 5 lakes around Michigan
  11. founded: established; created
  12. Outdo: compete
  13. dominate: control
  14. starvation: famine; not having enough food
  15. increase: go up
  16. decrease: go down
  17. population: the number of people living in a country
  18. cash crops: crops that are grown to make profit
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Econ 6.1 Vocab

Chapter 6 Vocab

  1. price: the value of a product determined by supply and demand
  2. signals: signs, hints
  3. neutral: not favoring producer or consumer
  4. consumption: use of a product
  5. compromises: when 2 sides agree to give up something they want to meet in the middle
  6. rationing: where government decides everyone’s “fair” share
  7. salary: amount of money made per year (fixed)
  8. incentive: reason to do something, inspiration
  9. motivation: wanting to work harder and succeed
  10. allocation: dividing up goods, time, or money
  11. inflation: the steady increase of prices
  12. rebate: partial refund of the original price of a product
  13. employees: workers
  14. network: a connected group of businesses who work together
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Civil Rights Movement Vocab (Ch.27-28)

Civil Rights Movement (CRM) Vocab List

  1. Denied: to tell someone no
  2. segregation: separation of blacks and whites
  3. Integration: to mix blacks and whites (opposite of segregation)
  4. Shame: embarrassment
  5. Risk: to put your life in danger
  6. Violence: forceful and harmful
  7. Discrimination: treating people differently because of their race.
  8. victim: a person who is hurt by others
  9. unconstitutional: illegal
  10. Little Rock: the capital city of Arkansas
  11. Montgomery: the capital city of Alabama
  12. Lansing: the capital city of Michigan
  13. Mobs: groups of angry and violent people
  14. riots: violent protests by mobs
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17.5 Vocab

  1. slave: a person that is owned by another person
  2. labor: work
  3. captured: to take
  4. debt: when you owe someone money
  5. overwork: working too much
  6. century: 100 years
  7. slave trading center: a place where slaves were bought and sold
  8. rights: things you are allowed to do
  9. cruel: very mean and unfair
  10. whip: to hit with a long stick
  11. expand: to get bigger and stretch out
  12. rebel: to go against your leader or government
  13. abolish: to stop or cancel
  14. successful: achieving your goal or mission
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5.3 Vocab (last ones for Ch. 5)

26. Fixed Costs (FC): prices that don’t ever change الأسعار التي لا تتغير

27. Variable Costs (VC): production costs that change when the level of production changes

يكلف هذا التغيير

28. Total Costs (TC): FC + VC إجمالي التكاليف

29. Marginal Costs (MC): the EXTRA cost of producing one additional unit of output

تكاليف إضافية

30. Additional: more than before إضافي

31. E-commerce: online buying and selling اعمال تجاريه عبر الانترنت

32.Operate: how something runs/works

33. Inventory: the number of products a business has available المخزون

34. Break-even point: when TC = TR

35.Total Revenue (TR): total amount a business earns إجمالي الإيرادات

36. Marginal Revenue (MR): the EXTRA revenue from the sale of one additional unit of output إيرادات إضافية

37. Marginal Analysis (MA): decision making regarding extra costs and benefits to be gained

38. Profit maximizing: when the firm has reached its highest total profit (MC = MR) أعلى ربح إجمالي

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Econ 5.2 Vocab

14. Production function: a graph that shows how a change in the amount of a single variable input changes total production

15. Various مختلف: several; many

16. Short run وقت سريع: a time so fast that only the amount of variable input can be changed

17. Labor عمل: work

18. Long run وقت طويل: a time long enough to change the amounts of all inputs

19. Total product إجمالي المنتج: total (full) production made by a company or business

20. Marginal product: extra production due to more help/work إنتاج إضافي بسبب مساعدة إضافية

21. Firm عمل واحد: a business that sells stuff for profit

22. Stages of production (3): helps a firm decide how many workers to hire and for how long

23. Rate سرعة: speed something is made or done

24. Contribution مساعدة: help

25. Diminishing returns: making less products than before صنع منتجات أقل