| A | B |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who read and write |
| fossil fuels | energy resources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals including coal, natural gas, and petroleum |
| subsistence agriculture | farming where a family grows only enough food to meet their needs |
| capitalism | an economic and political system in which resources are privately owned |
| tariffs | taxes on import and exports |
| quotas | limits on the amounts of a product that can be imported |
| population pyramid | graph showing the number of males and females by age group in a countries populations |
| demography | statistical study of human populations |
| primary industry | uses natural resources and raw materials |
| secondary industry | economic activity that takes goods from primary industry and turns them into products |
| free trade | the removal of trade barriers so goods can flow freely through countries |
| per capita GDP | the average amount of money each person makes in a year |