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| The transformation of raw materials into finished products, usually on a large scale. |
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| capable of being farmed productively |
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| (goods or services) bought from a foreign country |
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| (goods or services) sold to a foreign country |
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A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally
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| the act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home |
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| The state of having no job; joblessness. |
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| the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions |
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| the state of being unequal in having a plentiful supply of material goods and money |
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| a state of violent disturbance and disorder in the government of countries |
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| Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries; 14 of the world's major oil-exporting nations. OPEC was founded in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum policies of its members and control the World’s supply and price of Oil |
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| a dense gray radioactive metal used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and weapons |
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| a region in Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south |
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| A person who invests money in order to make a profit |
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| a mineral resource that is used to make fertilizers for agriculture or nutritional supplements for animals |
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| a system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs; decisions such as production and distribution depend on agriculture, fishing, hunting, or gathering |
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| the act of bringing animals together into a group, maintaining the group and moving the group from place to place done by people who live in an area only for a season |
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| farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without extra for selling |
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| Any crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock |
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| a long period of time with a shortage of rainfall |
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| producing electricity by water power |
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visiting scenic or remote natural areas while attempting to minimize negative impacts on the environment
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| the basic facilities and installations that help a government or community run, including roads, schools, phone lines,sewage treatment plants and power generation, etc... |
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| selling activity conducted via the Internet |
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| the production of crops and farm animals for sale and not for family or personal use |
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| make or become more varied; when a nation depends on various products to help increase its wealth instead of just depending on one product |
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| an uncut diamond mined in an area of where there is war and sold illegally to pay the fighting |
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| Economic Community of West African States to promote economic cooperation among member states in order to raise living standards and promote economic development |
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| the work of cutting down trees for timber |
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| to manage (something) badly or wrongly |
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| a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a traditional economy to an economy that makes money by making or building products in factories |
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| of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; cloth produced from cotton or wool |
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| living in or characteristic of farming or country life |
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| relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area |
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| when the government takes land away from its owners and gives it to people that do not have land |
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