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55677820Culture (groups)way of life and the group(s) that live and represent that way of life0
55677821Demographic Datastatistics about the numbers and characteristics of people living in an area1
55677822Level(s) of developmentrefers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources, often related to national income2
55677823Standard of livinguse indicators such as income, education, birth rate/death rate, $ spents on food, population density, and so on to determine quality of life3
55677824Nationcountry with borders and an organized gov't which freely exercises authority within its borders4
55677825Distributionrelates to trade and how resources and products are divided and allocated5
55677826Free-enterprise economic systemthe system in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice, competition, profit motive, and limited government regulation of the economy.6
55677827Command economic systemcentral gov't owns most of the means of production in a country and controls most economic decisions7
55677828Basic Needsfood, clothing, shelter (water is food)8
55677829Goods and Servicesgoods (things) are products made for sale/barter and services (actions) are products people provide9
55677830Subsistence Farminggrowing crops just to support a family and not have any extra (surplus) for sale10
55677831Market-oriented agriculturegrowing crops for commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers11
55677832Capitalgoods used to produce other goods12
55677833Cottage Industriessmall-scale production requiring little capital13
55677834Commercial Industrieslarge-scale production of goods by large companies or corporations14
55677835Industrializationthe process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel15
55677836Tradeexchange of goods and services16
55677837Technological Innovationsthe introduction of new technology which often changes lifestyle and production17
55677838Tariff/Dutytax on imports and exports; in the U.S., export tariffs are unconstitutional18
55677839Protective Tariffa high tariff established to protect a particular industry19
55677840Exportgoods sold to buyers outside the country20
55677841Importgoods bought from sellers in other countries21

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