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ABC BOOK
8th grade
Alex. Zhou
Mrs. Antilley
2014/5/30

A-- apartheid

The former official South African policy if separating people according to race.

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B-- biodiversity

The variety of plants and animals living in one area.

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C-- comparative advantage

The ability if one country to produce a good or provide a service at a lower cost or more effectively than another country.

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D-- distortion

A change in the shape, size , or position of a place when it is shown on a map.

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E-- ecosystem

A community of all the living things in an area and the environment in which they live

F-- free trade

The flow of goods and services across national borders, with little or no government control

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G-- globalization

The development of a global, or worldwide, society in which people, money, information, and goods flow fairly freely across national borders.

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H-- highlands

A mountainous part of a country; a climate zone where temperature and precipitation vary with latitude and elevation.

I-- informal economy
The part of the economy in which goods and services are exchanged outside of government control.

J-- Japan

A country in Asia that is near the tectonic plates so there are a lot of earthquakes there.

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K--Kuwait
It is a country in Europe.

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L-- landform

any nature feature of earth's surface that has a distinct shape.

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M-- multiracial

Made up of people from several.ethnic groups.

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N-- nuclear radiation


A form of energy that comes from nuclear reactions.

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O-- oil reserves.

Oil that has been discovered but remains unused in the ground.

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P-- per capita.

By or for each person, dividing the total amount of something by the number if people in a place.

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Q-- Quebec

East part of Canada .

R-- river system

A river and all the streams that flow into it.

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S-- suburb

A developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes.

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T-- time zones.

An ara that uses the same clock time

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U-- urbanization

The movement of people form rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas.

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V-- volcanoes

A break in earth's crust where magma and other material erupts from earth's interior.

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W-- watershed

A geographic area that includes all of the land and waterways that drains in to a body of water.

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Y-- Yangtze River

One of the main river in China where the big dam is.

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Z-- zero population growth

A condition in which the population of a country does not grow but remains stable.

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