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| anything people use to meet their basic wants and needs. |
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| The 3 types of resources are... |
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| Natural, Capital, and Human |
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| Def. of a human resource... |
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| The people of a country and the skills that they posess. |
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| How do we evaluate human resources? |
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| How many, (un)skilled, Productivity, Education level, Age distribution, entrepreneurial abilities. |
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| the money and machines used to produce goods and services. |
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| Natural Resources are...(FOUND WHERE) |
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| Natural resources are either _______ or _________. |
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| Renewable or nonrenewable |
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| Renewable resources are things like... |
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| solar energy, water (Hydroelectrics), Tree usage (<-- maybe can be non renewable), wind |
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| Nonrenewable resources are things like... |
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| Coal Metals, Fosill fuels, etc. |
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| The value of particular resources ___________ _______ ______ due to technological advances |
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The natural resources used to be..
(Theres 5 and list downsides) |
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Wood-led to deforestation
Coal-Mining is DANGEROUS
Oil/Petroleum-leads to environmental change if theres an accident
Nuclear-Contamination of water, Meltdowns
Solar/Wind-Costly, Asthetics, Wind and sun not always there |
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| In using its resources countries must balance its need for _______ ______ with its concern for the __________ abd uts ___________ (native) minorities |
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| economic development, economy, indigenous |
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| Technology examples that lead to demands for resources (mainly wants) |
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Steam engines-Coal
Internal Combustion Engine-Oil
Personal Computers-Skilled labor |
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| Countries must also weigh the ____ and _____ |
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| Are resources unevenly distributed? |
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| What are some of the effects of uneven resources |
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| Interdependence and trade, uneven economic development, Conflict, imperialism, economic activities (= jobs!), Imperialism |
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| processes natural resources |
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