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Economics
all the economic vocab (part 2)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| monopoly | the complete ownership or control |
| multinational corporation | a compony that has some portion of its business in two or more different regions |
| offshoring | the policy of moving some jobs or functions of a company overseas to places where labor is less expensive |
| scientific revolution | a significant change in scientific thought that occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
| globalization | the state of a worldwide economy that includes free trade and inexpensive labor |
| mercantilism | an economic policy intended to reduce a nation's need for imports by using colonies as a source of raw materials |
| Mesoamerica | a region stretching from present-day central Mexico to northern Costa Rica |
| microclimate | a small area with unique climate because of its geography |
| cottage industry | manufacturing carried out of the home |
| economic imperialism | a situation in which developing nations are economically dependent on developed ones and thus must bend to their will in order to function. |
| feudal | describing a system in which nobility gives land to vassals in exchange for military services. |
| silk road | a series of trade routes connecting Europe and Asia |
| triangular trading | a network of trade routes that sent captured enslaved Africans to the Americas raw materials to Europe, and finished goods back to the Americas. |