Vocabulary
Lecture: Overview
Lecture: the U.S.
Lecture: China
100
definition: all the people in a country or an area who are available for work
What is "workforce"?
100
If someone asks you, "What do you do?" They are really asking, __________.
What is "What is your job or profession?"
100
In 1900, about _____ percent of the workforce was involved in agriculture.
What is 38?
100
In China, agriculture took up only _____ percent of the workforce in 1900.
What is 10?
200
fill in the blank: The number of students have not changed for the last ten years. It has remained _____.
What is "stagnant"?
200
This is the first way in which we discussed ("looked at") work in the U.S.
What is "a historical look at work in the America"?
200
By 2010, only about _____ percent worked in agriculture.
What is 1?
200
The percentage of the Chinese workforce in industry in 1900
What is 22?
300
These were created to protect workers' rights.
What are "labor unions"?
300
This is the second way in which we discussed ("looked at") work in the U.S.
What is "how U.S. workers are doing today"?
300
The making or manufacturing of things in factories
What is "industry"?
300
The percentage of the Chinese workforce in services in 1900
What is 77?
400
A synonym of earnings, pay
What are "wages"?
400
This is the third way in which we discussed ("looked at") work in the U.S.
What is "what people are saying the government should and should not do in order to improve the country's economy"?
400
This is the percentage of workers in the U.S. who were working in industry in 2010.
What is "just over 22"?
400
The percentage of the Chinese workforce in industry in 2010
What is 47?
500
If you have a job, you are _____.
What is "employed"?
500
A name for when Americans have to go back to work
What is "blue Monday"?
500
this is the percentage of American workers who were in industry in 1900.
What is "over 30"?
500
The percentage of the Chinese workforce in agriculture in 2010
What is 10?
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