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- 7. also known as a duty or customs duty, is a tax that is placed on imported goods when they enter a country.
- 12. In an agricultural economy, the country may be dependent on a certain crop, such as corn.
- 13. The secondary sector includes manufacturing activities, which may be referred to as secondary production
- 19. Urbanization is the movement of people from rural areas, usually called towns, to urban areas, which are called cities.
- 20. was a trade pact signed in 1992 between the United States and its North American neighbors
- 21. The increasing interdependence of nations and peoples across the globe
- 22. an economic system in which production and prices are determined by unrestricted competition between privately owned businesses.
- 24. is one that has little industrial development and therefore a relatively low standard of living.
- 25. is an economic region of Europe that is united under the euro
- 26. the practice of protecting a country’s local business or industry.
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- 1. There are three basic types of economic systems: market economies, command economies, and mixed economies.
- 2. an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.
- 3. Culture refers to the shared characteristics of a group of people.
- 4. Examples of service industries include delivery companies, movie theaters, fast food stores
- 5. is an index designed by the United Nations to measure the basic contentment of people living in a particular country.
- 6. an economy is the part that makes direct use of natural resources.
- 8. an economic policy in which a nation does not try to limit imports or exports by enacting tariffs or subsidies.
- 9. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- 10. the exact definition of a developed country. In general such a country has significant industrial development and therefore a relatively high standard of living.
- 11. Bollywood is the informal name for India's large and popular movie industry.
- 14. Economic sanctions are policies put in place by a government to restrict trade with one country, with a group of countries, or with specific businesses or individuals.
- 15. movement from one part of something to another.
- 16. the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
- 17. Standard of living refers to people’s quality of life based on the goods and services that are available to them.
- 18. developed nations have well-planned hard and soft infrastructure. In contrast, developing countries often suffer from inadequate infrastructure.
- 23. the process by which previously colonized countries free themselves from their colonizers.