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Social studies vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Revenue | income a business makes |
| Republic | System of government where representatives of the people make laws |
| Reform | to make something better |
| Quota | sets a limit on the number of goods that can be imported |
| population density | the number of people living in a certain area |
| petroleum | thick dark oil found inside earth |
| parliamentary government | democracy where legislature picks prime minister |
| oligarchy | government headed by a small group of people with wealth and power |
| natural resources | materials coming directly from nature |
| monarchy | government headed by a king or queen |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| liberate | to give freedom |
| invest | to commit money or capital to make money |
| interdependent | two or more things that depend on each other for survival |
| inflation | when prices increase over time |
| indigenous | native to a particular place |
| imperialism | the policy of obtaining and occupying land to create an empire |
| hydroelectricity | water as renewable energy |
| holocaust | an act of mass destruction or loss of life |
| guerrilla | a member of a small group of soliders that attack suddenly then hide |
| euro | currency of the EU |
| ethnic | a group of people with the same language culture or religion |
| epidemic | widespread outbreak of infectious disease |
| entrepreneur | someone who takes a risk at starting a new business |
| empire | an extensive collection of political units |
| emmisions | any pollution or waste released into the air |
| autocracy | a government system where one leader holds complete power |
| acid rain | rain polluted by gases from burning fossil fuels |
| ally | a country or person joined wig manpower for a special puwpose |
| colony | a group of people who settle away from there homeland but still have ties with their country |
| unitary | all power in central government |
| hydroelectricity | water as renewable energy |
| tarrif | tax on imported goods |
| specialization | being really good at making on or more things |
| smog | brownish haze caused by the action of sunlight on polluted air |
| seperatist | a perason who moves away from an establish church or religion |
| globalization | the linking of countries through tech, comms, and trade |
| GDP | totasl market value of all the goodss and services produced by one country in a year |
| figurehead | a representative of a country witrh no real duties |
| federal | power split between political units |
| fascism | dictator and no freedom |
| economy | the wealth and resources of a country |
| embargo | a complete ban on trade for political reasons |
| capital resources | man made things that we use to help us work |
| confederation | a loose alliance of political units |
| contaminated | something is impure or unclean |
| credit | buying something now and paying for it later |
| democracy | people have supreme power |
| currency | used to buy goods and services |
| diversity | being different |
| dictator | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
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