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Fuel for heat, light, and gas that comes from corn
ethanol
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Extensive areas of flat or rolling grasslands
prairie grassland
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A vegetation zone of mainly trees that shed their leaves before winter
deciduous forest
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A vegetation zone with mainly evergreen trees with needles and cones
coniferous forest
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Something that encourages people to leave a place behind
push factors
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Original inhabitants of a place
indigenous
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Movement from one region or country to another
migration
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Something that encourages people to move to a new place
pull factors
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Someone who seeks safety by going to another country
refugee
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The ability to speak two languages fluently
bilingual
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A person who moves to a country (To move to a country)
immigrant
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A resource that can’t be used up or that can be replaced as quickly as it is used up. Trees, water, wind
renewable resources
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A resource that takes so long to form that it can’t be replaced. Oil, natural gas
nonrenewable resources
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Found or living in a city
urban
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A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it
metropolitan area
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The movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas
urbanization
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Found or living in areas that are not close to cities
rural
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The rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
urban sprawl
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A developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes. Many also have stores and businesses.
suburb
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A tax on goods that crosses country borders
tariff
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To withdraw from an alliance
secede
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A commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale
import
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A trade agreement that allows most goods to move freely among Canada, the United States, and Mexico
NAFTA
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Evaluating other people and cultures according to the standards of one’s own culture
ethnocentrism
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Canadian “states”
provinces
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A commodity, article, or service sold abroad
export
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