| A | B |
| the ability of one country to produce a good or provide a service at a lower cost or more effectively than another country | comparative advantage |
| an area that uses the same clock time | time zone |
| a condition in which the population of a country does not grow but remains stable | zero population growth |
| the use of technology to move and process information | information technology |
| social status/class of Hindu society | caste |
| the loss of well-educated people such as doctors or engineers to another country | brain drain |
| the annual rate of population growth | rate of natural increase |
| to hire someone outside a company to do work that was once done inside the company | outsource |
| the length of time it takes for a population to double | doubling time |
| a severed shortage of food that results in wide-spread hunger | famine |
| a grass whose stems are used extensively in everyday life as building materials | bamboo |
| the number of births in a year for every 1,000 people in a population | birth rate |
| an artificial lake where water is stored | reservoir |
| political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement | Mahatma |
| investment by a person or company based in another country | foreign investment |
| a person who moves regularly in order to find work, especially in harvesting crops | migrant worker |
| the number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people in a population | death rate |
| a chemical that is poisonous to humans or other llving things | toxic chemical |
| practice of nonviolent resistance developed by Gandhi | satyagraha |