Unit 1 Gilded Age/Foundations of Government/Intro to Geo/Intro to Eco

A tax imposed on imports to raise their price, making them less attractive to consumers.

the authority under the constitution to enforce the laws of the United States.

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country

The height of a land surface above the level of the sea (sea level).

a particular system of faith and worship.

the people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy.

The business of buying and selling commodities, products, or services; commerce.

an economy in which production, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry.

an economic system in which prices are determined by competition between businesses.

a model of the economy in which the major exchanges are represented as flows of money.

a unit of territory defined by boundaries set by political authority.

major industries are owned and controlled by the government.

a strategy where a company buys out its competitors and makes similar units for its own company

A bridge in which the weight of the deck is supported by vertical cables.

the right and acceptance of an authority,usually a governing law or a regime; lawfulness.

the branch of geography dealing with how human activity is influenced by the earth's surface.

where the executive branch derives legitimacy from legislature (parliament).

The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water.

a graph or economic model that shows the maximum combinations of goods and services.

Enabled faster mass production of a stronger steel product.

The natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical area.

the doctrine that kings derive their authority from God.

a country governed by a ruler who wieldsabsolute authority.

control of a state or country by the majority of its members. Every member has one vote.

What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce? These are all ...

head of the Knights of Labor.

an area of land that has common features.

all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is the main employer.

A government license which gives individuals and companies exclusive rights over inventions.

an economy in which there is a blend of economic systems.

this person founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL).

A factor in the environment that influences the growth and development of organisms.

Wrote The Wealth of Nations, was the Father of Classical Economics.

industrial lockout and strike between strikers and private security at Homestead Steel Works.

a type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the market.

all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole.

when a company assumes control over several production or distribution steps.

major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people.

a form of government where states recognize the power of a central government.

a system of political organization in which most power resides in a centralized government.

wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization.

the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power.

a nationwide railroad strike that pitted the American Railway Union (ARU) against Pullman Co.

the system of communication used by a particular community or country.

forces generated from within the earth that result in movement of the Earth's crust.

a product that one individual can consume without reducing its availability to another person.

a country, state, or society governed byone person with absolute power.

goods required in order for us to stay alive such as food, clothing, shelter, and health care.

the authority under the constitution to hear cases and interpret laws.

Every river is part of a larger system—a watershed.

workers here may work long hours with low pay, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay.

the resource that encompasses the natural resources used in production.

exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, keeps prices high.

desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good, service or leisure activity.

a Greek philosopher and scientist who joined Plato’s Academy in Athens.

a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

work, especially hard physical work. One of the four factors of production.

A subarea of economics that analyzes the behavior of the economy as a whole.

a group responsible for the monitoring of transportation of goods and people between states.

the social order is accounted as the product of natural selection of those persons.

the authority of a state to govern itself oranother state.

Things which occur on our earth by themselves where man has no role.

a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.

the part of economics concerned with individual units/decisions from a consumer

Condition of the atmosphere in one place during a short period of time.

a policy of letting things take its own course, without govt. interference in the free market.

these lines measure north-south position between the poles.

A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater financial risk.

suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition

Businesses that can operate competitively for profit with little government regulation.

any more or less permanent movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.

A national federation of labor unions in the United States.

a geographic area containing numerous geologically related mountains.

the authority under the constitution to make laws and to alter or repeal them.

an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.

corporations that combine for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices.

founding member of Industrial Workers of the World; socialist candidate for president.

Factors that can influence temperature in any given area.

The state of being in short supply; shortage.

invented the phonograph, motion picture camera, and light bulb

prohibits certain business activities that federal gov. regulators deem to be anti -competitive

aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration in Haymarket Square in 1886.

the principle that sovereignty should be divided between the federal government and the states.

has the right to enter into contracts, loan and borrow money, sue and be sued, hire employees

a process of negotiation between employees and a group of employers aimed at agreements.

involves a sacrifice that must be made to get a certain product or experience.

name given to the method of producing goods in large quantities at low cost per unit.

supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole.

A powerful industrialist in the Gilded Age. His companies manufactured steel.

the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Americans provided raw goods to Britain, and Britain sold finished product back to U.S.

these are simply areas of high and low pressure in which the winds are a response

a region that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.

a government in which a president leads an executive branch.

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

a person who legally belongs to a country and has the rights and protection of that country.

Moisture that falls to the Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.

any crop that is considered easily marketable, as wheat or cotton.

The plants and animals in soil die and decay, resulting in humus.

refers to a benefit that a person could have received, but gave up for something else.

when a group of people or states form an alliance allowing each member to govern itself.

a system of laws concerning a given topic promoted by a governmental or its representatives.

the cost or benefit that affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit.