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Coal
The residue from organic material is compressed for a long period under overlying layers of the earth.
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Coastline
Coastline gives the country’s total length of the boundary between the land area and its islands/sea (if there are any).
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Cold war
The conflict between the United States and the soviet union after World War II, called “cold” because it never escalated into open warfare.
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Collective farm
An enormous farm in the Soviet Union on which a large team of laborers was gathered to work together during joseph Stalin’s reign.
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Collectivization
The process of forming collective farms in Communist countries.
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Colombia
Location: South America Official name: Republic of Colombia Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1819 / 1903 Capital city: Bogotá Population: 46.3 million / 115 people per sq mile (45 people per sq km) Total land area: 439,733 square miles (1,138,910 square km) Language(s) spoken: Spanish (official language), Wayuu, Páez, and …
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Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan (CP) was established in May 1950 proposal was adopted, and on 1 July 1951, commenced full operations. The Colombo Plan was made to promote economic and social development in Asia and the Pacific.
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Colonization
The European pattern of establishing dependencies abroad to enhance economic development in the home country.
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Colonize
To send a group of people to settle in another land and establish a colony.
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Colony
A region or country controlled by another country; a group of people settled inland outside their homeland but still ruled by its laws.
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Colored
A South African term for persons of mixed racial ancestry.
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Columbian exchange
The movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the eastern and western hemispheres during the age of exploration.
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COMESA
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) was ratified on 8 December 1994.
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Command economy
A type of economic system in which the production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which usually owns the means of production.
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Commercial farming
Raising crops or animals for sale and profit.
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Commodity
An agricultural or mining product that can be sold.
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Common Market
An earlier name was given to the countries that make up the European Union.
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Commonwealth
The Commonwealth (C) is also known as the Commonwealth of Nations. Established on 31 December 1931 to foster multinational cooperation and assistance, as a voluntary association that evolved from the British Empire.
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Commonwealth of Independent States
CIS is to coordinate intercommonwealth relations and to provide a mechanism for the orderly dissolution of the USSR.