9323034251 | Deindustrialization | Loss of industrial activity in a region. | 0 | |
9323034252 | Ecotourism | The practice and business of recreational travel based on concern for the environment | 1 | |
9323034253 | Deglomeration | The dispersal of an industry that formerly existed in an established agglomeration. | 2 | |
9323034254 | fixed costs | costs that do not vary with the quantity of output produced | 3 | |
9323034255 | variable costs | costs that vary with the quantity of output produced | 4 | |
9323034256 | investment capital | money that a business spends in hopes of future gain | 5 | |
9323034257 | Export processing zone | Industrial parks for foreign companies to conduct export-oriented manufacturing | 6 | |
9323034258 | Exclusive Economic Zone | -To 230 miles (370 kilometers) in which state has right to explore, exploit, conserve, and manage | 7 | |
9323034259 | free trade zone | an area of a country in which trade restrictions do not apply | 8 | |
9323034260 | Maquiladoras | A factory in Mexico that assembles imported materials into finished goods for export | 9 | |
9323034261 | Specialized economic zones | region with economic laws that are more liberal than the country's typical economic laws | 10 | |
9323034262 | multinational corporation | a company that is heavily engaged in international trade, beyond exporting and importing | 11 | |
9323034263 | 4 Asian Tigers | Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan | 12 | |
9323034264 | BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa | 13 | |
9323034274 | MINTs | 14 | ||
9323034265 | Pacific Rim | an economic and social region including the country's surrounding the pacific ocean | 15 | |
9323034266 | European Union | A family of democratic countries committed to working together for peace and prosperity in Europe. | 16 | |
9323034267 | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade with US, Mexico, and Canada. | 17 | |
9323034268 | ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | 18 | |
9323034269 | GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | 19 | |
9323034270 | WTO | World Trade Organization; the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations | 20 | |
9323034271 | OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries | 21 | |
9323034272 | Brandt Line | divides the more developed north from the less developed south | 22 |
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