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Chapter 24 Vocabulary
Alabama edition Chapter 24 vocabulary furr a vocabulary test on January 26, 2015
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Social Studies
6th Grade
01/26/2015

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Recession
Definition
A downward turn in business activity
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Productivity
Definition
How much work each worker does
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Quota System
Definition
An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country
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Isoltationism
Definition
A national policy of avoiding involvment in world affairs
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Installment Buying
Definition
System of paying furrr goods in which customers prromise to pay smaller,  regular amounts over a period of time
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Mass Media
Definition
Types of communication that reach large numbers of people, such as newspaper, radio, and television
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Lease
Definition
To hand over propurrty in return furr rent
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Quota system
Definition
An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants frrom each country
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Expatriate
Definition
A purrson who gives up their country to live in another country
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Flapper
Definition
A young woman of the 1920s who defied convections in her behaviour and dress
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Nativism
Definition
The belief that those born in a country are superior to immigrants
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Deport
Definition
To send out of a country aliems who are considered dangerous
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Prohibition
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The furrbiding by law of the making or selling alcoholic beverages
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Capitalism
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An economic system based on private propurrty and free enterprise
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Anarchrist
Definition
Purrson who believes there should be no government
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Gross  National Product
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The total value of all goods and services produced by a nation's resident's during a year, regardless of where production takes places
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