Social Studies Vocabulary - Nevada
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- Genocidal:
- Acts committed with the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
- Globalization:
- The development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and
the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets; characterized by the formation of Pan-Asian, Pan-Arab, Pan-American, and European
Union economic partnerships.
- Good(s):
- An object that can satisfy wants, e.g., food, clothing, buildings, tools, and machines.
- Great Basin:
- A large, arid region of the western United States and/or the contiguous watershed, roughly between the Rocky Mountains
and the Sierra Nevada, which has no natural outlet to the sea.
- Grid:
- A pattern of lines on a chart or map, such as those representing latitude and longitude.
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP):
- A monetary measure of the production of goods and services within a country.