| A | B |
|---|
| free market economy | economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention |
| heavy industry | production of industrial goods |
| light industry | production of consumer goods |
| nuclear industry | energy from controlled atomic reactions |
| life expectancy | the number of year that an average person is expected to live |
| democracy | government in which people freely elect their leaders |
| federal republic | government in which national and state governments share powers |
| majority group | group that controls the wealth and power |
| minority group | group of people who are different in some characteristic from the group with the most power and wealth in a region |
| fault | crack in the earth's crust |
| cash crop | product grown to be sold for export |
| steppe | dry, treeless plain |
| nomad | person who moves from place to place |
| oasis | green area in a desert |
| elevation | height above sea level |
| bilingual | having two official languages |
