Age of oil Vocabulary

Question 1

Boom and Bust Cycle-

Answer 1

Boom and Bust Cycle- an economic pattern characterized by periods of economic growth and periods of economic decline

Question 2

Innovation -

Answer 2

Innovation - a new idea or method. The introduction of something new.

Question 3

Technology -

Answer 3

Technology - a new idea, method, or device.

Question 4

Industrialization -

Answer 4

Industrialization - the economic development of manufacturing products from natural resources

Question 5

Petroleum -

Answer 5

Petroleum - a thick, oily substance found deep in the Earth, use as a fuel

Question 6

Refinery -

Answer 6

Refinery - an establishment for refining something, as metal, sugar, or petroleum

Question 7

Urbanization -

Answer 7

Urbanization - the process of increasing human settlement in cities

Question 8

Rural-

Answer 8

Rural- living in the country

Question 9

Urban -

Answer 9

Urban - living, located, or taking place in a city

Question 10

Standard of Living -

Answer 10

Standard of Living - a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual

Question 11

Reform -

Answer 11

Reform - the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.

Question 12

Progressives -

Answer 12

Progressives - those who advocate social reforms and legislative programs to improve society

Question 13

Suffrage -

Answer 13

Suffrage - the right to vote

Question 14

Temperance -

Answer 14

Temperance - habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.

Question 15

Prohibition -

Answer 15

Prohibition - to ban something, generally refers to the movement to ban manufacture, sale, transportation and use of alcoholic beverages