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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| COMMAND ECONOMY | A system in which the central government makes all economic decisions. |
| GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | The total value of all the goods and services produced in a country in one year. |
| INFRASTRUCTURE | The set of resources, like roads and factories, that a country needs to support economic activities. |
| RENEWABLE RESOURCE | a resource that Earth replaces naturally, such as water, soil, trees, plants, and animals. |
| MARKET ECONOMY | An economic system based on free trade and competition. |
| STEPPE AND DESERT | two dry climate types. |
| INTERDEPENDENCE | The reliance of one country on the resources, goods, or services of another country. |
| MEDITERRANEAN | Sunny, warm summers and mild, wet winters is a description of this type of climate. |
| TEMPERATE ZONE | includes climates like, Mediterranean, humid subtropical and marine west coast. |
| MIDDLE LATITUDES | this is where temperate climates occur. |
| COMMONWEALTH | A self –governing territory associated with another country. |
| IMPERIALISM | an attempt to dominate a country’s government, trade, and culture. |
| PARLIAMENTARY MONARCHY | type of government is ruled by a queen, but all laws are passed and enforced by an elected parliament. |
| REPUBLIC | a type of representative democratic government that is limited by a constitution in its' power over citizens. The United States is an example. |
| INITIATIVE | a petition process by which voters can put a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot. |
| NIRVANA | Buddha taught that a person could escape suffering and reach this peaceful state. |
| VEDAS | The holy text of the Hindus. |
| KORAN | the holy writings of Islam. |
| CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM, ISLAM | religious groups of people claim to have holy sites in Jerusalem. |
| KARMA | the name for the energy that is never lost and is always repaid in this life or the next according to Buddhist beliefs. |