A | B |
free enterprise | system that lets competition among businesses determine the price of products |
communism | an economic and political system in which the government owns or controls almost all the means of production |
Gross Domestic Product | (GDP) the total value of goods and services that a country produces in a year |
developed countries | countries with high levels of industrialization and high standards of living |
developing countries | countries with less productive economies than developed countries and low standards of living |
infrastructure | system of roads, ports, and other facilities needed by a modern economy |
arable land | soil that is fit to farm |
command economy | the goverment decides what to produce, where to make it, and the price |
geothermal power | heat of the earth's interior , renewable energy |
tertiary industry | services to consumers |
quaternary industry | movement and organizaiton of information research/lab |
sparse | scarce; thinly spread out; little amount of |