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TCCS Week 22 Social Studies
TCCS Week 22 Social Studies
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Social Studies
5th Grade
03/01/2016

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Term
Standard of living
Definition
A measure of how well people in a country live
Term
Gross Domestic product
Definition
The total value of goods and services
produced in a country
Term
Developing country
Definition
A country that must build a successful economy,
it usually has a low food supply, uses few resources, and has a low standard of
living
Term
Developed Country
Definition
A country with a successful economy, it usually
has enough food for it's people, uses many resources and has a higher standard
of living
Term
Pollution
Definition
Anything that makes a natural resource, such as air, soil
or water, dirty or unsafe to use
Term
apartheid
Definition
the former government policy of South Africa
that stressed the separation or apartness of races
Term
perestroika
Definition
The rebuilding or "restructuring" of the
Soviet political and economic systems
Term
glasnost
Definition
The "openness" or new freedom that allowed
Soviet citizens to speak out without fear of punishment
Term
Dissident
Definition
A person who speaks out against his or her government
Term
terrorism
Definition
The uses of violent acts to a further cost
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