History Vocabulary

3. a person who wants to change conditions he or she thinks are harmful.
5. minister: the head of the majority party in the parliamentary government.
8. water: water beneath the earth's surface.
11. of living: all the things that people have that make their lives comfortable- food, clothing, shelter, services and so on.
12. the result of a poor diet.
14. system: aid given by government agencies to those in need.
17. healthy clean living conditions.
19. what happens when prices go up and money is worth less.
21. money or property, especially when used to make more money.

1. to stop working until certain demands are met.
2. a system of government in which the state controls economy and runs businesses for the benefit of citizens.
4. a public display of agriculture and industrial progress.
6. a worker, form the Latin word proletarius; lowest class.
7. animal: an animal used for pulling loads
9. a period of poor business and high unemployment.
10. a time large numbers of workers are fired, often with no warning.
13. market: when both the seller and the buyer of an item or a service agree on a fair pricewithout anyone else's influence or control.
15. the ability to resist or not be seriously affected by a disease.
16. the movement from one place to another.
18. hunting or fishing on another person's land without the right to do so.
20. of labor: different people doing different jobs that in the end all combine to finish a complicated task or activity; also called specialization.