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Flashcards by Riona Stevenson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Riona Stevenson
about 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Bauxite | Aluminium ore, which is used to make aluminium |
| Capital | Money or assets available for investments |
| Carcinogenic | Has the potential to cause cancer |
| Developed world | Wealthy countries with good services and high living standards; also known as the North or First World countries |
| Developing world | Poor countries with few services and low living standards; also known as the South or Third World countries |
| Footloose | An industry that is not tied to a specific location |
| Global | Of or relating to the whole world; worldwide |
| Heavy industry | The manufacture of goods in which heavy or bulky raw materials are used (e.g smelting, oil refining) |
| Incinerator | An enclosed chamber used to burn waste |
| Industrialised | Has developed industries on a wide scale (e.g Europe) |
| Industrially emergent | Has little or no modern manufacturing (e.g Sub-Saharan Africa) |
| Inertia | A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged |
| Labour force | People who are able to work |
| Light industry | Manufacturing activity that uses moderate amounts of raw materials to produce goods (e.g fashion, electronics) |
| Market | A place where goods are bought and sold; also, a group of people who buy goods |
| MNC | Multinational Corporation |
| Multinational corporation | A company who is based in more than one country |
| Newly Industrialised | Has rapidly increased industrial activity in the recent decades (e.g South-East Asia) |
| Policy | A plan or course of action |
| Produced | A thing produced by effort |
| Raw material | The basic material from which a product is made |
| Transport | The movement of people, materials or goods from one place to another |
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