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20 Most Challenging
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A productive resource consisting of human-made materials needed to produce goods and services. | Capital good |
| the destruction and removal of forest and its undergrowth by natural or human forces . | Deforestation |
| A system in which the central government makes all economic decisions. | Command Economy |
| The money that a borrower pays to a lender in return for a loan. | Interest |
| The amount of goods and services that are available at a given time. | Supply |
| The process in which countries are increasingly linked to each other. | Globalization |
| The reliance of one country on the resources, goods, or services of another country. | Interdependence |
| this is where temperate climates occur. | Middle Latitudes |
| When people flee to another country because of political, social or economic unrest. | Refugee |
| includes climates like, Mediterranean, humid subtropical and marine west coast. | Temperate zone |
| religious book of Christians. | New Testament |
| a body of fundamental principles according to which a state is to be governed. | Constitution |
| a type of representative democratic government that is limited by a constitution in its' power over citizens. | Republic |
| a person becomes the leader of a kingdom by birth. | Monarchy |
| Unfair treatment of a person or group based on a variety of prejudices. | Discrimination |
| the type of government in which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country. | Communism |
| Rights that all people deserve, such as rights to equality and justice. | Human Rights |
| A drastic change in a country’s government and way of life. | Revolution |
| A sudden overthrow of a government by a small group of people. | Coup |
| Type of government where voters elect representatives to make laws and decide actions. | Democracy |