Changing Society - Vocab quiz prep 10/4/2023

Question 1

Corruption

Answer 1

dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

Question 2

labor

Answer 2

Work at an unskilled manual occupation

Question 3

monopoly

Answer 3

The exclusive possession or control of supply or trade in a service or good

Question 4

reform

Answer 4

Make changes in something to improve it

Question 5

capitalism

Answer 5

Economic or political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit

Question 6

industrialization

Answer 6

Development of industry, business, and the economy

Question 7

Labor union

Answer 7

An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests

Question 8

progressive

Answer 8

Favoring or promoting change, modernization, and transformation

Question 9

urbanization

Answer 9

Process of making an area more city-like; the growth of cities and towns from villages

Question 10

nativism

Answer 10

Policy of protecting native born, an anti-immigration feeling

Question 11

muckraker

Answer 11

An investigative journalist looking to expose a social or political problem

Question 12

assimilate

Answer 12

To become part of another culture

Question 13

tenement

Answer 13

A dwelling housing immigrants, very run down and dangerous

Question 14

density

Answer 14

Measurement of mass, people per square mile

Question 15

laissez-faire

Answer 15

Hands off, government policy of noninvolvement in the economy

Question 16

strike

Answer 16

A stoppage of work