Chapter 11 Vocabulary

Question 1

Cotton gin

Answer 1

A machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers

Question 2

Interchangeable part

Answer 2

A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another identical part

Question 3

Patent

Answer 3

Sole legal rights to an invention and its profits

Question 4

Capitalism

Answer 4

individuals and businesses on property and decide how to use it

Question 5

Capital

Answer 5

Money or other items, such as machines or buildings, used to create wealth

Question 6

Free enterprise

Answer 6

a type of economy in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want

Question 7

Technology

Answer 7

Equipment that makes use of advanced knowledge and skill to solve a problem or to do a task

Question 8

Element

Answer 8

Part of a larger whole

Question 9

Census

Answer 9

The official count of a population

Question 10

Turnpike

Answer 10

Roads which tolls are collected

Question 11

Canal

Answer 11

an artificial waterway

Question 12

Lock

Answer 12

separate compartments in which workers could raise or lower the water level

Question 13

Reveal

Answer 13

To Show

Question 14

Region

Answer 14

An area

Question 15

Sectionalism

Answer 15

Rivalry based on the interests of different areas

Question 16

Monopoly

Answer 16

A market where there is only one provider

Question 17

Interstate commerce

Answer 17

Economic activity taking place between two or more states

Question 18

Cede

Answer 18

To transfer control or something

Question 19

Intense

Answer 19

Very strong

Question 20

Internal

Answer 20

Within the country