1. 5 th Grade Ch.8 Social Studies Vocabulary Mrs. Thornburg’s version

2. What do we call unfair treatment or punishment?

3. Persecution

4. What do we call a very tall building?

5. Skyscraper

6. What do we call a poor, crowded part of the city?

7. Slum

8. What do we call a fenced area where large numbers on animals, such as pigs and cattle, are kept until they are used as food for moved someplace else?

9. Stockyard

10. What do we call a company that has no competition?

11. Monopoly

12. What do we call a system of trains used to move people around a city?

13. Rapid transit

14. What do we call a group of people who share a culture or language?

15. Ethnic Group

16. What do we call someone who points out unpleasant truths?

17. Muckraker

18. What do we call a business in which many people own shares, or parts, of the business?

19. Corporation

20. What do we call a poorly built apartment building?

21. Tenement

22. What do we call it when more than one business tries to sell the same goods or services?

23. Competition

24. What do we call a time when workers refuse to work?

25. Strike

26. What do we call a community center for people in cities?

27. Settlement house

28. What do we call an organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions for its members?

29. Labor Union

30. What do we call reformers who wanted to make cities and factories cleaner and safer?

31. Progressives