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Vocab homework
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abundant | To have plenty. Synonym:plenty antonym:lacking |
| Ally | A country or person that has joined with another country or person for a special purpose. Synonym:partner antonym:enemy |
| Acid rain | Precipitation polluted by gases released into the air by burning fossil fuels like coal or oil. Synonym:smog |
| Autocracy | A type of government where one leader holds complete power. Synonym:dictator antonym:democracy |
| Capital goods | Goods that are used in producing others goods rather than being bought by consumers. Synonym:computer antonym:human capital |
| Centralize | To bring together under one authority. Synonym:united |
| Currency | Form of money. synonym:euro |
| Contaminate | Impure or unclean. Synonym infected. Antonym:clean |
| Democracy | A type of government system where the people of the country hold the supreme power. synonym:freedom |
| Dictator | Typical leader of an autocratic government. Synonym:King antonym: prime minister |
| Distribute | To give out. Synonym:disburse antonyms:maintain |
| Diversity | Being different.synonym:different antonym:same |
| Domestic | Someone from our country having to do with home. Synonym:private antonym:foriegn |
| Efficent | Achieving maximum productivity within minimum wasted effort or expense.synonym:profitable antonym:weak |
| Embargo | Ban on trade with another country.synonym: ban antonym:help |
| Empire | Extensive group of states or country’s under a simple supreme authority.synonym:authority antonyms:weakness |
| Ethnic group | A group of people who speak the same language have the same culture and religion or other common characteristics.synonyms:origin |
| Fascism | A political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are decide.synonym:autocracy antonym:democracy |
| Foreign | Someone that is from outside our country.synonym:different antonym:regular |
| GDP | The total value of the goods and services produced by a country during a specific year. |
| Globalization | Linking of nation's through trade information technologies.synonym:growth antonym:nationalize |
| Holocaust | An act of mass destruction and loss of life.synonym:devistation |
| Human capital | The skills,knowledge,and experience possessed by an individual. |
| Imperialism | Policy of obtaining and occupying land to form an empire.synonym:expansionism |
| Inflation | The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising.synonym:rise antonym:deflation |
| Intervene | To come between people or groups.synonym:intercede antonym:join |
| Liberate | Free from a situation.synonym:save antonym:keep |
| Literacy | Ability to read and write.synonym:proficiency antonym:ignorance |
| Monarchy | Type of government headed by a king or queen.synonym:throne |
| Nationalize | To bring under the owner ship or control of a country’s government |
| Natural resources | Materials that occur in nature. |
| Out souce | Paying to have some of your company's work done by someone else. |
| Parlimentary democracy | Form of government in which the party with the greatest representation in the legislative branch forms the government prime minister is leader. |
| Population density | Number of people per square mile of land. |
| Poverty | Not having enough money to meet basic needs. |
| Privatize | To move an industry from public to ownership to individual ownership. |
| Quota | A trade barrier that limits how much a country can import. |
| Reform | To make something better as opposed to revolution which means a complete and radical change improve. |
| Regulations | Rules or laws. |
| Republic | Government system in which decisions are made by elected officials who represent the people. |
| scarce | not enough for demand.synonym:rare antonyms:ample |
| separatist | a person who moves away from an established church,religion,or country.synonym:rebel. |
| smog | brownish haze that is caused by the action of sunlight on polluted air.synonym:soot. |
| tarrif | a tax on imported goods. |
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