Chapter 3 Vocab Test
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| A. A country whose institutions have collapsed and in which anarchy prevailsB. Capital city positioned in actually or potentially contested territory, usually near an international border; it confirms the state's determination to maintain its presence in the area of contentionC. Dominated by unlicensed sellers of homemade goods and services, the primitive form of capitalism found in many developing countries that takes place beyond the control of government. The complement to a country's formal sectorD. The downtown heart of a central city; marked by high land values, a concentration of business and commerce, and the clustering of the tallest buildingsE. Farmers who eke out a living on a small plot of land on which they are only able to grow enough food to support their families or at best a small communityF. A society in which two or more population groups, each practicing its own culture, live adjacent to one another without mixing inside a single stateG. The indirect capture of images by specially equipped, Earth-orbiting satellitesH. Undesirable side effects and byproducts of an action. In our case, the downside consequences of dam construction in Brazil's Amazon Basin in the form of further deforestation, other environmental degradation, and the displacement of existing communitiesI. Originating in South America during the 1960s, it was a new way of thinking about economic development and underdevelopment that explained the persistent poverty of certain countries in terms of their unequal relations with other countriesJ. A measure of inequality within a given area, ranging from 0 to 100. A value of 0 indicates that income is equally distributed across an area's population; a value of 100 indicates that all income is concentrated in the hands of a single recipientK. Term meaning neighborhood in Spanish. Usually refers to an urban community in a Middle or South American city.L. A powerful religious movement that arose in South America during the 1950s, and subsequently gained followers throughout the global periphery. The heart of the belief system is based on Christian faith and socialist thinkingM. A venture involving three or more states - political, economic, and/or cultural cooperation to promote shared objectivesN. People who are aboriginal or native, for example the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the AmericasO. A place, usually a port city, where goods are imported, stored, and transshipped; a break of bulk point P. A UN index that is a composite measure of life expectancy, education, and income per capita. It is used to rank countries within a four-level classification under this nameQ. A national development strategy based on the privatization of state-run companies, lowering of international trade tariffs, reduction of government subsidies, cutting of corporate taxes, and overall deregulation of business activityR. Territorial embodiment of a successful guerrilla movement. The establishment by antigovernment insurgents of a territorial base in which they exercise full control; thus a state within a stateS. Regional term referring to the fertile savannas of Brazil's interior Central-West that make it one of the world's most promising agricultural frontiers. Soybeans are the leading crop, and other grains and cotton are expandingT. Informal term referring to the world's most heavily populated cities; in this book, the term refers to a metropolis containing a population of greater than 10 million |
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