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| Question | Answer |
| Globalisation | The way business, ideas and lifestyles are spreading more and more easily around the world. |
| Interdependent | When countries rely on each other for providing goods and services. |
| Information and communications technology (ICT) | Computers, mobile and other digital media. |
| Call Centre | An office in which large numbers of telephone calls are handled, especially one providing the customer services functions of a large organization. |
| Deindustrialisation | The decline in manufacturing industry and the growth in tertiary and quaternary. |
| Industrialisation | The growth in manufacturing industry and the decline in tertiary and quaternary. |
| Newly Industrialised Countries (NIC) | Countries which have become more important in world trade like Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. |
| Special Economic Zone (SEZ) | Geographical region that is designed to export goods and provide employment. |
| Export Processing Zones | Type of special economic zone where businesses can import raw materials, make them into finished products and then export them without paying any duties or tariffs. |
| Non- Renewable | Energy sources that will run out if we keep using them e.g. oil and gas. |
| Renewable | These energy sources can be used over and over again e.g. wind, waves and solar. |
| Sustainable | Development meeting the needs of people now and in the future, and limiting harm to the environment. |
| Biogas | A gas produced by the breakdown of organic matter, such as manure or sewage, in the absence of oxygen. It can be used as a biofeul. |
| Marginal Land | Land that's not really suitable for farming, but will just about do. |
| Food Miles | Foods that travelled form other countries usually measured in km. |
| Carbon footprints | A measure of our carbon emissions. |
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