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Development - AP Human Geography, Chapter 9, Rubenstein

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Active solar energy systems   show
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show The number of births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19  
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Biomass fuel   show
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show A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium  
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show An alternative to international trade that emphasizes smaller businesses and requires employers to pay fair wages, permit unions, and comply with standards  
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show The percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside the home  
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show Investments made by foreign countries in the economy of another country  
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show An energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of years ago  
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show The pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas  
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Gender Inequality Index (GII)   show
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show Energy from steam or hot water poured on hot or molten underground rocks  
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Gross domestic product (GDP)   show
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Gross national income (GNI)   show
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Human Development Index (HDI)   show
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Hydroelectric power   show
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show Modification of HDI to account for inequality within a country. Best case scenario: the HDI and IHDI are the same  
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Maternal mortality ratio   show
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Microfinance   show
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show Eight international development goals that the UN agreed to achieve by 2015  
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show Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices  
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show A solar energy cell, usually made from silicon, that collects solar rays to generate electricity  
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show The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist  
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Primary sector   show
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show The amount of a resource remaining in discovered deposits  
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show The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country. Adjusts income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods.  
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show Materials from a nuclear reaction that emit radiation. Contact with such materials could be harmful or lethal, so they must be stored for thousands of years.  
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show The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, assembling, and transforming raw materials  
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show Economic policies imposed on less developed countries applying for debt relief that require the country to make reforms meant to improve its economy  
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show The portion of the economy concerned with providing goods and services to people in exchange for payment (ex: retail, banking, education, government)  
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show The gross value of a product minus the cost of raw materials and energy  
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