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20.1 Vocab

New chapter and new vocab!

1. dweller: a person who lives somewhere

2. rural area: areas with villages and farms

3. urban areas: cities with bridges, skyscrapers, large population

4. increase: move up

5. decrease: move down

6. push factors: reasons that force immigrants to leave a country.

7. pull factors: reasons that attract immigrants to come to a new country.

8. seaport: a place where ships stop

9. specialize: to have one or two industries only

10. isolated: separated or alone

11. rapidly: quickly

12.Mass production: producing large amounts of things in a short amount of time

13. employee: a worker

14. employer: the boss

15. employment: jobs

16. raw materials: natural resources that still have not been turned  into a product

17. salary: the amount of money a person makes

18. ship (verb): to move or transport from place to place

19. condition: the way something is

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