Chapter 11 Vocabulary

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Consumer

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someone who buys or uses goods and services

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investor

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Someone who puts money into a business hoping to make a profit

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profit

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The money a business earns after all its expenses are paid

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urbanization

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the growth or spreading of cities

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Someone who takes a risk to start a business

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entrepreneur

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a factory system in which a product is put together as it moves past a line of workers, each of whom does one part of the whole job

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assembly line

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a company that has control of an entire industry

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monopoly

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corporation

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a large business owned by investors

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a financial share of ownership of a company

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stock

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a place where different peoples, cultures, and ideas are mixed together

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melting pot