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11 Cards in this Set
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industry
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all the business that make one kind of good
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bituminous coal
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soft coal- produces much smoke when burned- used to make coke
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coke
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a gray-black soild fuel made from bituminous coal- used to make iron
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anthracite coal
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hard coal- makes a hot fire with little smoke when burned- used for heat
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boom town
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towns which grow very quickly
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textile
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clothmaking industry (yarn, thread, rugs, etc.)
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population
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the number of people who live in a place or area
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graph
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a special diagram that shows how the parts of something make up a whole
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line graph
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shows how a piece of information changes over time
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cash crop
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a crop that is grown to be sold for money rather than to be used on the farm where it is grown
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crop rotation
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a method of farming in which a different crop is planted in the same soil each year to keep the soil healthy
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