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Socials Studies
Geography
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural Resource | renewable (tree)/non-renewable (cool) natural materials |
| Processing | preparing natural resources for manufacturing |
| Primary Activities | tree cut |
| Secondary Activites | chair make |
| Tertiary Activities | selling chair |
| Manufacturing | making a product for sale |
| Consumers | people use resource products |
| Semi-Finished Product | ready to go to next stage of production |
| Finished Product | ready to be sold to public |
| Capital | money for investment in ideas or business |
| Budget | projection of money made and money spent |
| Single Industry Town | only one product being produced/sold |
| Resource Base Economy | when one national resource supports a community |
| Old Growth | original forest not cut down |
| Secondary Growth | replanted trees (2nd generation) |
| Sustained Yield | planting enough trees to replace cut trees |
| Forest Alienation | using forest for houses, mines, industrial |
| Specialized Farming | one crop only (also greenhouse) |
| Extensive Farming | all available land farmed |
| Agrable | land able to be used for farming |
| Agri-Business | large scale farming (lots machinery) |
| A.L.R. | Agricultural Land Reserves (no other use allowed) |
| Fraser Valley | berries/greenhouses/dairy |
| Okanogan | fruit wine (grapes0 |
| Peace River District | grain |
| Caribou | cattle |
| Vancouver Island | vegetables |
| Precious Metals | gold/silver/platinum |
| Base Metal | zinc/copper/lead/tin |
| Open Pit Mining | digging into ground in large circle |
| Salmon | wild/farmed/main customer japan/sealice |
| Hatcheries | baby fish artificially hatched released |
| Fish Farms | hatching/feeding/selling fish artificially |
| Trade Quota | limits on products sold |
| Free Trade | no tariffs or duties between countries |
| Trade Partners | people (countries) who exchange goods |