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27 Cards in this Set
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Diverse Economy
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Something based on many kinds of industries.
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Silicon chip
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A tiny device that can store millions of bits of computer information.
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Areospace Industry
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It builds and tests equipment for air and space travel.
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Suburb
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A town or small city near a large city.
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Urban Sprawl
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The spread of urban areas.
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Metropolitan Area
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Is a large city together with its suburbs.
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Ethnic Group
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Is a group of people from the same country, of the same race, or with a shared culture.
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Segregation
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Is keeping other of one race or culture seperate from other people.
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Civil Rights
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Are the rights of citizens to equal treatment.
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Protest
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To act against something.
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Boycott
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A desicion by a group of people not to buy something, as a protest.
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Tax
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the money that a government collects from citizens , usually to pay for services.
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Heritage
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is a way of life, a custom, or a belief that has come from the past and continues today.
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Festival
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A celebration that takes place every year, usually at the same time of the year.
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Recreation
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An activity that people do for fun.
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Professional team
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Is made up of players who are paid for playing.
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International trade
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Trade with other countries.
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Export
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A product shippped from one country to be sold in another.
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Import
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A product brought into one coutntry to be sold in another.
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High-tech businesses
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Businesses that invent,build, or use computers or other electronic equipment.
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Internet
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A network that links to computers.
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Food processing
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The cooking, canning, drying, and freezing of foods and the preparing of them for the market.
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Wetlands
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Low-lying areas in which the water level is always near or above the surface of the land.
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Pollution
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Anything that makes a natural resource dirty or unsafe to use.
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Smog
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A layer of dirty , yellow-brown air, sometimes hangs over many cities in California.
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Emmisions
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The chemicalsput into the air by cars and factories.
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Watershed
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The region from which a river drains water.
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