| A | B |
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| quota | number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a certain nation |
| democracy | form of government in which power rests with the people, and all citizens share in running the government |
| urbanization | The growth of cities |
| culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
| import | to buy resources or goods from other countries |
| dictatorship | form of government in which a leader rules by force and typically limits citizens’ freedoms |
| famine | severe lack of food |
| natural resource | material from Earth that people use to meet their needs |
| cultural diffusion | process of spreading ideas, languages, and customs from one culture to another |
| tariff | tax added to the price of goods that are imported |
| birthrate | number of children born each year for every 1,000 people |
| free trade | The removal of trade restrictions so that goods flow freely among countries |
| population density | The average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer |
| emigrate | to leave a country and move to another |
| monarchy | A government led by a king or a queen |
| dialect | A local form of a language that may have a distinct vocabulary or pronunciation |
| refugee | a person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster |
| export | to sell goods or resources to other countries |
| renewable resource | A natural resources that can be replaced naturally or grown again |
| globalization | The development of a world wide culture with an interdependent economy |
| nonrenewable resource | a natural resource such as a mineral that cannot be replaced |
| ethnic group | People with a common language, history, religion, and some physical traits |
| economic system | A system that sets rules for deciding what goods are services to produce, how to produce them, and who will receive them |
