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Published on Nov 26, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

INDUSTRIALIZATION

  • Definition- the large scale introduction of manufacturing,
  • advanced technical enterprises, and other productive
  • economic activity into an area, society, country, ect.
  • Industrialization has increased the demand for rubber.
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URBANIZATION

  • Definition-to become more like a city.
  • Sentence- factories helped urbanize cities.
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CITY COMMISSION

  • Definition-a voted legislative body that
  • makes taxation and other ordinances to
  • help the city.
  • Sentence- I was elected a part of the city commission.

OPEC

  • Definition- a group that sets the price of oil globally
  • Sentence- the OPEC set the price of oil way to high.
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PETROLEUM

  • Definition-noun 1. a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons that is present in certain rock strata
  • and can be extracted and refined to produce fuels including gasoline, kerosene, and diesel oil; oil.
  • Sentence- petroleum is the majority of my families income.
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WILDCATTER

  • Definition-a prospector who sinks exploratory oil wells.
  • Sentence-my grandfather was a wildcatter.
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EMBARGO

  • Definition-noun 1. an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. "an embargo on grain sales" ban, bar, prohibition, stoppage, foreign ships to enter, or any ships to leave, its ports. archaic a stoppage, prohibition, or impediment.
  • Sentence- there was an embargo on tea.