On the Farm
is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops.
Arable land
monitors exchange rates (the price at which one country’s currency can be purchased with another country’s currency) and provides short - term financial assistance.
IMF
is the action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location.
Erosion
a shipping method in which large amounts of goods are packaged into large containers for efficient transport and handling.
containerization
A legal agreement between two or more member states that sets terms for taxation, tariffs and trade.
Trade Agreement
large-scale agricultural business
Agribusiness
the value of one currency for the purpose of conversion to another.
Exchange Rate
The EPA stands for
Environmental Protection Agency
the transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control.
Privatization
Canada is to NAFTA as Belgium is to
agricultural process of applying controlled amounts of water to land to assist in the production of crops
Irrigation
provided billions of dollars in financial aid to Western European countries following the war. WW2 that is.
World Bank
is a process that takes away mineral components from saline water.
desalination
a corporation owned by the federal or provincial government.
Crown Corporation
What is the preferred transportation method for globally produced goods
looks after something that has been left in his or her care.
Steward
Shared currency within the EU
EURO
cutting certain trees in an area.
Selective Cutting
in Canada, is a movement aimed at achieving greater control by Canadians of their own economy
Economic Nationalism
What are the 3 factors of production?
land, labour and capital
are moral principles governing the human attitude towards the environment
ecological ethics
Payment from government to a firm to encourage production
subsidy
development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Sustainable Development
moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the conducting of an activity.
Ethics
“Outsourcing” is a term that is most clearly associated with a change in
Trade barriers