| A | B |
| mandate | a territory governed by a member of the League of Nations |
| Balfour Declaration | issued by Great Britain |
| on margin | demand for immediate repayment of a loan |
| stockbroker | people who sell shares in businesses |
| margin call | paying for the cost of stocks and stockbrokers |
| stock market crash | when stock prices fell at record rates (October 29, 1929) |
| recession | time of economic slowdown |
| depression | a period of very low economic activity, combined with very high unemployment |
| Great Depression | a time of low economic despair in the U.S. during the 1930s |
| tariff | a tax on imports |