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Unit8

The Great Depression

Before You Read

1. What is the Great Depression?

2. Could something like the Great Depression happen again?

Vocabulary

Match the words with their definitions.

a. depression 1. a period of ten years

b. decade 2. a financial action that does not promise

safety of the initial investment along with the
return on the principal sum

c. distribution 3. pertaining to monetary receipts

d. speculation 4. the prosperity or earnings of a place

e. economy 5. a particular market where stocks are traded

f. stock market 6. the act of sharing

g. financial 7. a period during which the economy greatly

declines or remains at low levels

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