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Answers from journey across time workbook

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Megalopolises   Areas where cities have grown so large that they run into each other  
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Developing Countries   Countries seeking to industrialize  
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Developed Countries   Countries that have long been industrialized and can offer a higher standard of living  
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Standard of Living   The measure of a person's wealth and personal well-being  
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Deforestation   The clearing of forests  
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Habitats   The special environments required for certain organisms to live  
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Desertification   The turning of fertile land into a desert  
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Droughts   Long periods without rain  
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Subsistence Farmers   People that grow just enough food to meet their needs  
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Slums   Rundown, poverty-stricken portions of a city  
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Nonrenewable Resources   Coal, petroleum, or natural gas  
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Acid Rain   Poisonous downpours that have killed forests in both North America and Europe  
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Greenhouse Effect   Gases trap solar energy in the form of heat  
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Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)   Gases used in aerosols, air conditioning, refrigerators, and foam packaging  
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Ozone Hole   A seasonal reduction of ozone over Antarctica  
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Sustainable Development   Economic developments that do not limit the ability of future generations  
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Green Revolution   In the 1970s people declared the so-called green revolution as a solution to feeding the world's population, it provided new strands of rice, corn, and other grains that have high yields, however it needed more pesticides to work  
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Antarctica   The ozone hole is above here  
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Sahel   An area hit the hardest by desertification  
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