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samelgart11 on November 13, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Nationalism | pride in and loyalty to one's country |
| Privatization | selling state owned industries to private industries |
| westernization | adoption of western culture |
| urbanization | the growth of cities |
| cash crops | could be sold on world market (cotton, rice, coffee, & sugar) |
| imperialism | control of one country by another country or region |
| entrepreneurs | people who risk money to make profit by financing business or ventures |
| modernization | changes in a nation that enable it to set up a stable government & produce high level of goods and services |
| nomads | people who travel from place to place to find food. also learn to adapt to climate/land |
| capital | money invested in a business venture to make a profit |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| three main religions in middle east | Judaism, Islamic, and Christianity |
| literacy | ability to read & write |
| civilization | highly organized group of people with their own language & ways to live |
| population density | average number of people living in an area of a specific size |
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