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TCI Chapter 32 Vocab
TCI Chapter 32 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| globalization | the development of a worldwide society |
| region | an area defined by one or more cultural characteristics that set it apart from other areas |
| free trade | the flow of goods and services across national borders with few controls by governments |
| tariffs | a tax on goods imported from another country |
| multinational corporation | a large company that has operations in more than one country |
| economic interdependence | a condition in which countries have strong ties and depend on each other for resources, technology, trade and investment |
| distribution | the way people or things are spread out over an area or a space |
| toxic waste | materials from industry that are poisonous to human or other living things |
| foreign investment | money coming into a country from investors in another country |
| urban | found or living in a city |
| rural | found in or living in areas that are not close to cities |
| capitalism | a way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make and transport products are owned by individual people and companies rather than by the government |
| capital | wealth in the form of money contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing |
| division of labor | the assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency. |
| equity | the quality of being fair and impartial |
| entrepreneur | a person who organizes and operates a business, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. |
| creative destruction | the act of a newly created thing destroying its older kind. (i.e. the iPhone 6 did this iPhone 4+5) |