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9.3 Vocab (Last ones for Chapter 9!)

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40. Middle Ages: time of European changes from about A.D. 500-1450.

41. Obey: to follow orders

42. Taxes: money paid to the government

43. Repair: fix

44. Merchants: people who buy, sell, and trade

45. Literature: written stories that are lasting

46. The past: time that is done, history

47. Dark Ages: hard years in Europe with no education or safety

48. developed: created, made

49. warrior: soldier, fighter

50. Charlemagne (shar la main): warrior who united all of Western Europe together

51. Pope: the head of the Roman Catholic Church

52. invaders: people who try to take over land

53. Vikings: sailors, invaders from North Europe

54. Explorers: travelers looking for new land

55. tribe: a group of people with similar customs

56. influence: power and effects on someone

57. Normans: tribe that ruled England and left new culture and languages

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25.2-25.3 Vocab

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  1. agricultural: farming
  2. surplus: an extra amount of something
  3. stabilize: bring back to normal
  4. insurance: a plan that protects against loss in return for regular (monthly, yearly) payments
  5. moratorium: the legal act of delaying something
  6. landslide: to win the election by a lot of votes
  7. oath: promise
  8. crisis: a huge problem
  9. New Deal: FDR’s plan to beat the Depression
  10. recovery: beating a problem
  11. prohibited: to prevent by law
  12. flooding: damage from lots of water
  13. erosion: to go bad by nature
  14. mural: an artistic painting or drawing on a wall
  15. disabled: having a mental or physical problem
  16. security: safety
  17. Liberal: one who favors change
  18. occupation: a person’s job or line of work
  19. union: a group of workers who fight for and look out for each other
  20. traditional: the usual way of doing things
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Econ Vocab–The last of Chapter 1

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  1. Economists: person that studies economic systems
  2. choices: options, alternatives
  3. trade-off: a different option for something
  4. expertise: something you’re great at
  5. opportunity cost: the cost of the 2nd best alternative use of money, time, or resources.
  1. maximum: most
  2. Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF): a graph that represents the maximum amount of goods and/or services an economy can produce when using all its good resources.
  1. output: products that are made
  2. economic model: an easier way to read using graphs, charts, or drawings.
  1. constant: always
  2. solution: answer to a problem
  3. free enterprise economy: economic system where private businesses have freedom to work for profit with limited government interference (like U.S.A.)
  1. profit: the extra money that you make
  2. standard of living: quality of life
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9.2 Vocabulary

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  1. monk الراهب: A member of a religious order
  2. religious order – النظام الديني: group of monks who work and live together
  3. Cyrillic alphabet الأبجدية السيريلية: Slavic language invented by the monks
  4. ceremony الاحتفال: a special event
  5. isolated معزولة: alone
  6. Eastern Orthodox الأرثوذكس الشرقية: official language of Russia in 989 A.D.
  7. Kiev كييف: old capital of Russia; important trade city
  8. prince الأمير: a male ruler (usually son of a king)
  9. boyar بويار: A Russian noble who owned land.
  10. Veche فيش: Russian assembly for adult men
  11. unify توحيد: to bring together (unite)
  12. Mongol المنغول: somebody from Mongolia
  13. Moscow موسكو: the capital of Russia today
  14. symbol الرمز: a sign to represent something
  15. Kremlin الكرملين: the center of the Russian church and Russian government
  16. palace القصر: a large beautiful building
  17. czar (zar) سزار: Russian ruler; it means “Caesar”
  18. terrible فظيعة: mean, awful, and cruel
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25.1 Vocabulary

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U.S. History: Ch. 25 Vocab

  1. stock market: Where stocks and bonds are traded
  2. economy: the way money is made and spent
  3. unemployed: no job or money
  4. layoffs: letting workers go because the company cannot afford them
  5. savings: money that you save over time
  6. depression: a period during which business, employment, and stock-market values decline severely or remain at a very low level of activity
  7. federal government: combination of state and national governments
  8. charity: a group that helps those in need
  9. loan payments: paying back money that you owe a little at a time
  10. overproduction: Producing too many goods that you can’t sell
  11. credit: buying something and paying for it later
  12. debt: money that you owe
  13. tariff: tax on imported goods
  14. goods: items that are bought and traded
  15. survival: to stay alive
  16. invest: to spend money on
  17. breadlines: a place where people could get free food
  18. concerned: worried
  19. financial: having to do with money
  20. Hoovervilles: slums homeless people lived in during the Great Depression
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Remind!

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Vocab is HUGE in Economics!  You need to constantly practice reading, writing, speaking, and hearing them.  Use them in example sentences.  Translate as you need!

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Econ Chapter 1.2 Vocab Terms

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  1. command: a want
  2. good: a product that is useful, kind of scarce, and transferable to others
  3. consumer goods: goods intended for final use by people
  4. consumers: people who use or consume goods to satisfy their wants and needs
  5. durable good: lasts for at least 3 years
  6. nondurable good: lasts fewer than 3 years
  7. service: work/labor performed by someone
  8. value: worth in terms of dollars
  9. market: place where buyers and sellers exchange
  10. monetary: having to do with money
  11. paradox of value: contradiction between essential items and nonessential items
  12. utility: useful and provide satisfaction
  13. exchange: a trade
  14. wealth: having a lot of money
  15. funds: money
  16. economic growth: increase in a nation’s total output of goods and services over time.
  17. productivity: how well something does or sells
  18. specialization: to focus and be good at one thing
  19. human capital: the sum of people’s skills, health, knowledge, and motivation
  20. economic interdependence: when 2 or more businesses or countries need each other to make money
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24.3 and 24.4 Vocab Terms!

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  1. Original: one of a kind
  2. Improvised: to make up as you go along
  3. Spiritual: a religious song
  4. Concerned: worried, afraid
  5. Capture: Catch
  6. Shocked: Very Surprised
  7. Poet: a person who writes poems
  8. Impact: Effect
  9. Noble: Honorable
  10. foolish: stupid
  11. disappoint: to hope for something and it does not happen
  12. boll weevil: an insect that destroys crops سوسة
  13. deny: refuse رفض
  14. suspicious: not trusting مشكوك فيه
  15. foreigners: people from a place other than America أجانب
  16. Ku Klux Klan: a racist group of Whites who feared African Americans, Jews, Catholics and immigrants
  17. Catholics & Protestants: two different groups of Christianity
  18. democracy: a type of government where citizens choose the president
  19. Communism: a type of country where the government owns all the land and there are less freedoms for people
  20. Crime: breaking laws جريمة
  21. violence: killing and hurting people عنف
  22. Reformers: people who want to improve society الإصلاحيون
  23. independent: depending only on yourself
  24. discrimination: treating people bad because of their race or religion
  25. 18th amendment (Prohibition): made the selling of alcohol illegal in the United States
  26. ban: to prohibit (to make something illegal)
  27. bootlegger: a person who made and sold alcohol illegally
  28. speakeasy: an illegal place where alcohol was sold
  29. 21st amendment: canceled the 18th amendment
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9.1 Vocab Terms

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Chapter 9.1 Vocab Terms

  1. Byzantine Empire : eastern Roman empire in Middle Ages
  2. Constantinople القسطنطينية: “New Rome”, capital of Byzantine Empire
  3. capital city العاصمة: the most important government city in a country
  4. chariot عربة :- two wheeled wagon pulled by a horse
  5. repair يصلح: to fix
  6. Slavs: a group of people who lived in Eastern Europe
  7. church كنيسة: a place where Christians pray
  8. relic أثر مقدس: an object from the past that had relates to God
  9. holy مقدس: following God’s ways
  10. saints القديسين: holy people, those who follow God’s ways
  11. Justinian: a great Byzantine emperor
  12. barbaric متوحش: not civilized; no government
  13. tribe قبيلة: a group of people who live together
  14. principle مبدأ: a main idea
  15. legal system نظام قانوني: a set of laws
  16. goods بضائع: things that are bought and sold
  17. patriarch زعيم المسيحي: A leader of a church
  18. icon رموز: small picture of a saint or Jesus
  19. riot احتجاجات: violence in a crowd of people
  20. Ottoman Empire الإمبراطورية العثمانية: modern day land of Turkey
  21. decay فساد: to become worse
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Econ Chapter 1.1 Vocab

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Economics Vocab — Chapter 1.1

1. economics: dealing with more wants and less resources

2. scarcity: little or few resources

3. need: required for basic survival

4. want: something we like but don’t need

5. land: natural places

6. capital: tools, equipment, and factories used to produce goods

7. labor: work/production

8. entrepreneur: someone who starts a business

9. Gross Domestic Product (GDP):dollar value of a country’s goods and services within 1 year

10. community: area or group of people

11. satisfied: happy with what you have

12. resource: something that’s available for use

13. produce: to make

14. equipment: helps do work

15. skills: abilities/what you can do

16. economy: the way money is made and used

17. employee: a person who works for money

18. employer: the business who hires workers

19. analysis: a deep study of something

20. explanation: to teach or make known

21. prediction: to think ahead

22. income: money that is made by a person