Vocabulary 1
formal complaint made by a union if it feels one of its members has been treated inappropriately
Grievance
The Lombardi Trophy is given to the winner of what major sporting event?
Super Bowl
initial amount of savings
Principal
Earnings paid by the hour
wage
Santa Fe is the capital city of what state?
New Mexico
Worker’s length of service
Seniority
In the movie Inside out, what is the name of Riley’s imaginary elephant friend?
Bing Bong
the ease with which any asset, such as savings, can be converted to cash
Liquidity
Value of the things you own
wealth
Current Men’s Basketball Coach at Iowa State University (TJ Otzelberger, Steve Prohm, Fred Hoiberg, Johnny Orr)
TJ Otzelberger
court order to keep a union from striking and picketing
injunction
Fascist Leader of Italy during WWII (Hitler, Mussolini, Pol Pot, Rommell)
Mussolini
profits distributed to stockholders
dividends
income earned from allowing someone else to use your financial capital
interest
Which President led a cavalry unit called the “Rough Riders” during the Spanish/American War? (T. Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight Eisenhower)
Teddy Roosevelt
closing down of a business to pressure a union into accepting employment conditions
Lockout
Current Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
a promise to repay borrowed money to a lender at a fixed rate of interest at a specified time
bond
payment for the use of someone else’s property
rent
Mogadishu is the capital of what Country in Africa? (Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)
Somalia
nonunion members can be hired by the factory, business, or agency but only on the condition that they join the union after they are hired
Union Shop
In Shark Tank, one of the sharks, Mark Cuban, owns what NBA Team? (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets)
Dallas Mavericks
pool of money used by a company to buy assets on behalf of its shareholders
Mutual Fund
this is computed on both the amount saved and previously paid interest
compound interest
-In the movie “Remember the Titans”, who plays Coach Boone? (Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Morgan Freeman, Samuel Jackson)
Denzel Washington