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5080298402 | Primary sector | Extracting materials dorectly form the ground. Big in devolving countries | 0 | |
5080298403 | Tertiary sector | Provision of good and services in exchange for payment. Big in devolved countries. | 1 | |
5080298404 | Secondary sector | Manufacturers that process and transform raw materials. Devolving is higher. | 2 | |
5080477394 | Microstate | States with small land owner | 3 | |
5080477395 | What is the UN trying to do | World peace and devolpment across the world. | 4 | |
5080477396 | Frontier | A zone is where no state has complete political control | 5 | |
5080477397 | Boundary | Inside line that marks a states territory | 6 | |
5080477398 | What is Global economic pattern | The division of the world into poorer and wealthier regions | 7 | |
5080477399 | What is HDI | to measure the level of development of every country created by the UN | 8 | |
5080477400 | Fossil fuels | An energy source that can be exhausted | 9 | |
5080477401 | Proven reserve | A supply of energy remaining in deposits that are not known how to extract yet | 10 | |
5080477402 | Potential reserve | Supplies that have not been discovered but thought to exist | 11 | |
5080477403 | Fracking | When rocks break and gas fills the spaces between them | 12 | |
5080477404 | Two main alternate energy sources | Hydroelectric and nuclear energy | 13 | |
5080477405 | Three main non renewable energy sources | Coal. Natural gas. And petroleum | 14 | |
5080477406 | Breeder reacter | Turns uranium into a renewable resource | 15 | |
5080477407 | Hydroelectric | Power made from water | 16 | |
5080477408 | Biomass | Power made from plant material and animal waste | 17 | |
5080477409 | Geothermal | When hot rocks and counter ground water and steam for the hot water is the energy | 18 | |
5080477410 | Nuclear fusion | Fusion of hydrogen atoms to form helium | 19 | |
5080477411 | Passive solar energy systems | Capture energy without special devices | 20 | |
5080477412 | Active Solar energy | Systems correct and make heat or light | 21 | |
5080477413 | Photovoltaic cells | What solar radiation is captured with | 22 | |
5080574864 | What are the two paths of development | Self-sufficiency and internal trade | 23 | |
5080574865 | Self-sufficiency | Purges Mestic production of Gerd and discourages foreign ownership of businesses and resources | 24 | |
5080574866 | International trade | Open to foreign investment and do you identify is it's assets | 25 | |
5080574867 | What is Rostow model | There are five stages 1. Traditional; not started any development 2. Preconditions for take off; elite group indicates economic activitys 3. Take off; rapid growth and some economic activities 4. Drive to maturity; modern technology, and it diffuses to many industries 5. Age of mass consumption; economy shifts from production to consumer goods | 26 | |
5080574868 | Examples of international trade | For Asian dragon; They were South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong | 27 | |
5080574869 | Challenges for self-sufficiency | Protection of inefficient businesses, need for large bureaucracy | 28 | |
5080574870 | Challenges for international trade | Uneven resource distribution, increased dependence on developed countries, market decline | 29 | |
5080574871 | Is self-sufficiency or international trade better | International trade | 30 | |
5080574872 | What is a foreign direct investment | And vestment in another country from a foreign company | 31 | |
5080574873 | Whoever two main loan lenders | World bank and international monetary fund | 32 | |
5080574874 | What is structural adjustment program | Program that includes economic goals, strategies for achieving objectives, and external financing | 33 | |
5080574875 | What is housing bubble | Rapid increase in the value of houses, then a sharp decline in value | 34 | |
5080574876 | What is fair trade | Products that are made and traded according to standards that protect work and small businesses in developing countries | 35 | |
5080574877 | What is micro finance | Pro vision of small loans, and financial services to individuals and small businesses | 36 | |
5080574878 | Millennium development goals | Eight goals set by the UN to be achieved by 2015 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 2. Achieve a universal primary education 3. Promote gender equality and empower women 4. Reduce child mortality 5. Improve maternal health 6.Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 7. Ensure environmental sustainability 8. Develop a global partnership for development | 37 |