Vocabulary
Vocab in sentences
Living Conditions
Other Important Terms
100

To corrupt or make dirty

Pollute

100

I put oil on the hinges to _______ them. 

Lubricate

100

The inner city where people live

Urban

100

Treating People unjustly because of the color of their skin is called racial ________.

discrimination 

200

Oil drilled from the ground

petroleum

200

I rode the ______ to work. 

Subway

200

Cheap housing that is found in the poorest sections of the city ; often called the slums

tenement

200

The view that was based on Darwin's ideas of survival of the fittest is called ______ Darwinism.

Social

300

To apply oil to machinery parts to help them move more easily

lubricate

300

I went on __________ when I wasn't happy with my working conditions, and wanted more money.

Strike

300

Line of houses built without any space between them

Row house

300

The view that all truth must be tested by human reason is called ______.

Liberalism

400

Oil made from petroleum

Kerosene


400

I _______ my water before drinking it

refine

400

A set of rooms within a building that a person or family can rent to live in

apartment

400

The religion that teaches the gospel is about creating the progress of society is called ____ ______. (2 words)

Social Gospel

500

Group of workers that unite to go on strike

labor union

500

I used the ____________ to make a product

raw materials 

500

A community where people live outside of the city. Often has farmland, and houses are more spread out. 

Rural

500

A book of questions and answers that teaches about God and the Bible is called _______

catechism

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