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1. | most populous nation in the world today |
2. | official ban on trade or other economic activity p. 399 |
3. | a kind of trade barrier which places limits on the amount of a good which may be imported |
4. | countries with high GDP per capita, high life expectancy, low infant mortality have a higher _____ of life |
5. | the process of improving a country's economics political and social well-being |
7. | corporations which do business in many countries seeking profits and investing in capital resources but not always aiding developing nations |
8. | today (since 1973) exchange rates are ____, determined by supply and demand rather than preset rates |
10. | power plants, transportation, communication, roads, schools, banks, etc. |
12. | people moving from place to place- within countries and to other countries p. 439 |
14. | independent organizations which raise money to fund aid and development programs: CARE, Red Cross, WWF |
15. | number of deaths per 1000 live births in a country. Lower means higher level of development (2) |
16. | average expected life span of an individual (how well an economics system supports life) (2) |
17. | focusing on making one product in economics- the thing you have an advantage in making |
20. | countries which are the poorest: Bangledesh, Nepal, Albania are ___ ____ countries (2) |
22. | percentage of the population who can read and write (2) |
24. | _________ agriculture: raising just enough food to feed oneself and one's family p. 419 |
25. | large scale destruction of forests in developing nations |
30. | actions taken by one nation or group of nations to punish or put pressure on another nation |
31. | development which meets current needs without using up resources needed by future generations |
34. | problem for LDCs of losing their best, well trained and educated people to developed nations (2) |
37. | trade______: when a country imports more than it exports in goods and services |
38. | a good or service sent to another country for sale |