th 5 Grade Social Studies Ch 7 -8

th 5 Grade Social Studies Ch. 7 -8 Vocabulary Mrs. Thornburg’s version

Vocabulary Terms in 5 th Grade Social Studies Ch. 7 -8 Corporation Competition Monopoly Labor Union Persecution Strike Ethnic Group Tenement Demand Progressives Railhead Slum Rapid Transit Muckraker Supply

What do we call unfair treatment or punishment?

Persecution

What do we call a town where railroad tracks begin or end?

Railhead

What do we call a poor, crowded part of the city?

Slum

What do we call the amount of something that people want to sell at certain prices?

Supply

What do we call a company that has no competition?

Monopoly

What do we call a system of trains used to move people around a city?

Rapid transit

What do we call a group of people who share a culture or language?

Ethnic Group

What do we call someone who points out unpleasant truths?

Muckraker

What do we call a business in which many people own shares, or parts, of the business?

Corporation

What do we call a poorly built apartment building?

Tenement

What do we call it when more than one business tries to sell the same goods or services?

Competition

What do we call a time when workers refuse to work?

Strike

What do we call the amount of something that people want to buy at certain prices?

Demand

What do we call an organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions for its members?

Labor Union

What do we call reformers who wanted to make cities and factories cleaner and safer?

Progressives