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- Industrialized countries
- modernized countries supported by the manufacture of many goods and services
- literacy rate
- percent of the population over 15 that can read and write
- renewable resources
- natural resources that can b regrown, replaced, or restored
- Infrastructure
- network of facilities that allow a community to function and that support development; roads, bridges, power lines, water supply, and the like
- fossil fuels
- burnable material, such as oil or gas, formed from decayed organic material over hundreds of thousands of years
- Global warming
- increase in the average temp. of the earth's climate
- open markets
- markets into ehich non-domestic or offshore companies are allowed by the government to sell goods and services produced in foreign countries. The U.S. is an open market for Canadian-produced automobiles
- refugees
- people who flee into another country for safety, often in times of conflict or persecution
- developing countries
- poor countries without much modern industry or infrastructure
- terrorism
- unlawful use of fear or violence, frequently against civilians, to achieve a political goal
- nonrenewable resources
- natural resource, such as oil, that cannot b replaced after it is taken
- transnational countries
- buisinesses that have facilities and do business in more than one country.
- closed market
- market that is closed to foreign companies; goods and services produced in other countries may not be offered for sale