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Famine
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lack of food
Ireland |
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Fossil Fuel
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Natural gas, oil and coal
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Free enterprise system
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econonic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention
Russia & United States |
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Free trade
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taking down trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries
United States, Canada, and Mexico |
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Greenhouse effect
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buildup of certain gases in the atmosphere that, like a greenhouse, hold more of the sun's warmth.
Shanghi, China |
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Heavy industry
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manufactured goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and steel
Finland's machinery |
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Human rights
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basic freedoms and rights that all people should enjoy.
freedom of speech or religion |
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Immigrant
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person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home
Irish moved to America |
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Import
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to buy goods from another country.
United States imports toys from China |
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Industrialize
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to change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming.
Russia in the late 1800's |
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Inflation
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overall increase in the price of goods across the entire economy
Brazil in 1990 |
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Light industry
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making of such goods as clothing, shoes, furniture, and household products.
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Megalopolis
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pattern of heavy urban settlement over a large area
Gulf Coastal Plain- New Orleans & Huston |
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Multinational
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firm that does business in several countries
Luxembourg banks |
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Nationalism
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desire of a territory or colony to become an independent nation
Finland in the 1800's |
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Natural resources
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product of the earth that people use to meet their needs
trees, wind, water |
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Nonrenewable resources
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natural resources such as metals or minerals that cannot be replaced.
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Privatize
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to transfer the ownership of factories from the government to individual citizens.
Slovakia |
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Refugee
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person who flees to another country to escape persecutio or disaster.
Refugees going to Darfur in Africa from the Sudan |
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Renewable resources
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natural resource that cannot be used up or can fairly quickly be replaced naturally or grown again.
bamboo, trees, wind, sun |
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service industry
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business that provides services to people instead of producing goods.
Banking, entertainment |
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Smog
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thick haze of fog and chemicals.
Mexico City, |
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Subsistence farming
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small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family.
Central America |
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Tariff
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tax added to the value of goods that are imported.
tariff on imported cars |
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Gross Domestic Product
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The total value of goods and sevices in a country over a period of time.
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