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Famine
lack of food

Ireland
Fossil Fuel
Natural gas, oil and coal
Free enterprise system
econonic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention

Russia & United States
Free trade
taking down trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries

United States, Canada, and Mexico
Greenhouse effect
buildup of certain gases in the atmosphere that, like a greenhouse, hold more of the sun's warmth.
Shanghi, China
Heavy industry
manufactured goods such as machinery, mining equipment, and steel

Finland's machinery
Human rights
basic freedoms and rights that all people should enjoy.

freedom of speech or religion
Immigrant
person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home
Irish moved to America
Import
to buy goods from another country.

United States imports toys from China
Industrialize
to change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming.

Russia in the late 1800's
Inflation
overall increase in the price of goods across the entire economy

Brazil in 1990
Light industry
making of such goods as clothing, shoes, furniture, and household products.
Megalopolis
pattern of heavy urban settlement over a large area

Gulf Coastal Plain- New Orleans & Huston
Multinational
firm that does business in several countries

Luxembourg banks
Nationalism
desire of a territory or colony to become an independent nation

Finland in the 1800's
Natural resources
product of the earth that people use to meet their needs

trees, wind, water
Nonrenewable resources
natural resources such as metals or minerals that cannot be replaced.
Privatize
to transfer the ownership of factories from the government to individual citizens.

Slovakia
Refugee
person who flees to another country to escape persecutio or disaster.

Refugees going to Darfur in Africa from the Sudan
Renewable resources
natural resource that cannot be used up or can fairly quickly be replaced naturally or grown again.

bamboo, trees, wind, sun
service industry
business that provides services to people instead of producing goods.

Banking, entertainment
Smog
thick haze of fog and chemicals.

Mexico City,
Subsistence farming
small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family.

Central America
Tariff
tax added to the value of goods that are imported.

tariff on imported cars
Gross Domestic Product
The total value of goods and sevices in a country over a period of time.