Vocabulay 11-12 Crossword

A machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another, identical part
Sole legal right to an invention & its profits
Economic system in which people & companies own the means of production
Money or other resources used to create wealth
A type of economy in which people are free to buy, sell & produce whatever they want
Equipment that uses advanced knowledge & skills to solve a problem or do a task
The official count of a population
An artificial waterway
Road on which tolls are collected
Separate compartment in which water levels rise & fall to raise or lower boats on a canal
Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
A market where there is only one provider
Economic activity taking place between two or more states
To transfer control of something
A candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state
The largest number of something but less than the majority
Greater than half of a total number of something
A method in election campaigns that uses gossip & lies to make an opponent look bad
A system of gov’t in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones
Practice of handing out gov’t jobs to supporters;replacing gov’t employees with the winning candidate’s supporters
A meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices
to reject a bill & prevent it from becoming law