Vocabulary

4. strong
6. a market that has only one provider of a good or service
8. money paid to a leader or state for protection
10. an economic system based on private property and free enterprise
11. to show
12. a type of business or organization covered by many people but treated by law as though it were a person
14. sole legal right to an invention and its profits
16. inventions developed from the application of knowledge
20. to transfer control of something
21. to judge something below its actual value
22. a strong sense of devotion to one's country
23. an area defined by a feature or characteristic

1. rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
2. a part of a larger whole
3. a type of economy in which people and businesses are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want with a minimum of government interference
4. within the country, inside
5. privileges or freedoms that are granted to nations that do not choose a side in a conflict
7. a warship
9. economic activity taking place between two or more states
13. a machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
15. the official count of a population
17. a prohibition or blocking of trade with a certain country, a ban on trade
18. an artificial waterway
19. something one is trying to accomplish