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| Cost | An alternative given up as the result of a decision |
| country | A unit of poliical space, the entire land area of a nation or state |
| credibility | The quality or state of offering reasonable grounds for being believed |
| cultural institution | An established custom, practice or relationship of importance in a society |
| cultural perspective | The complex set of meanings, attitudes, values and ideas belonging to a cultural group |
| cultural practice | A pattern of behavior accepted by a society |
| cultiural product | A tangible such as a painting, a cathedral, a mosque, a piece of literature, a pair of chopsticks or intangible such as an oral tale, a dance, a sacred ritual, a system of education aspect produced by a cultural group |
| culture | Learned behavior of a group of people, which includes their belief systems and languages, their social relationships, their institutions, and organizations and their material goods such as food, clothing, buildings, tools, and machines |
| deforestation | The destructin and removal of forest and its undergrowth by natural or human forces. |
| Demand | The quantities of a good or service the consumers are willing and able to buy at various prices during a given time period. |
| Democracy | A system of government in which political control is exercised by all the people. Either directly or through their elected representatives |
| Desertification | The spread of desert conditions in arid and semiarid regions resulting from a combination of climatic changes and increasing human pressures, such as overgrazing, removal of vegetation and cultivation of marginal land |
| Dictatorship | A system of government in which those who rule usually acquire and maintain authority by force an cannot be held responsible to the will of the people |
| Diffusion | The spread of people, ideas, technology and products among places |
| Direct democracy | A democratic system of government in which the people exercise political control and participate directly in decision making |
| Direction indicator | An element of a map used to show direction, usually labeling north and frequently all cardinal directions |
| Discrimination | Unfair treatment of a person or group based on a variety of prejudices |
| Division of labor | The separation of the total work required to produce a good or service into individual interrelated tasks |
| Due process of law | The right of every citizen to be protected against arbitrary action by the government |
| Earth-sun relationship | The position of the earth relative to the sun that helps to determine day and night season, and time zones. |
