Topic 8 Vocabulary

3. the deceiving of another for your own personal gain
4. a party-specific election in which voters choose the candidates for the general election
5. an economic system in which the state owns the land and means of production
8. a system of public works including roads, bridges, and railways, and power and communication networks
11. the sale of goods directly to the public
14. groups formed by workers to advance their interests
16. a fine, black powder made by heating oil at a high temperature
19. chemicals made from oil and gas
20. a human-made object sent into space to orbit Earth
21. large corporations whose business is farming

1. an official ban on trade with a certain nation
2. an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods; investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control; and competition in a free market
6. residential communities just outside of a city
7. a plant that comes from two different plants
9. a short name for hydraulic fracturing
10. factories located along the Texas border in Mexico owned by foreign companies
12. rights due to all U.S. citizens under the Constitution
13. the North American Free Trade Agreement—it removed most of the trade barriers between the United States, Mexico, and Canada
15. drilling and pumping fluid into the ground at high pressure to fracture shale rocks in order to release oil and natural gas
17. a convention in which delegates can change the entire constitution except for the Bill of Rights
18. the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; a group of nations banded together to control the oil industry