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Communism
Communism: an economic and political system in which the state owns farms and factories and the goods they produce.
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Communist countries
Traditionally the Marxist-Leninist states with authoritarian governments and command economies based on the Soviet model.
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Community of Democracies
The Community of Democracies (CD) was established on 27 June 2000 “to respect and uphold core democratic principles and practices,” including free and fair elections, freedom of speech and expression, equal access to education, the rule of law, and freedom of peaceful assembly.
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Comoros
Location: Indian Ocean Official name: Union of Comoros Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1975 / 1975 Capital city: Moroni Population: 700,000 / 813 people per sq mile (314 people per sq km) Total land area: 838 square miles (2170 square km) Language(s) spoken: Arabic (official language), Comoran (official language), French …
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Computer cartography
Mapmaking using sophisticated software and computer hardware.
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Computer-controlled robots
Microtechnology has allowed the creation of highly precise, robotic units that can be used in delicate manufacturing.
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Concentric zone model
A generalized model of a city.
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Confucianism
A philosophy that humans are perfectible through self-cultivation and self-creation developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher, Confucius.
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Confucianism
A movement based on Confucius’s teachings, a Chinese philosopher who lived about 500 B.C.
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Congo
Location: Central Africa Official name: Republic of the Congo Formation (date of independence / date current borders were established): 1960 / 1960 Capital city: Brazzaville Population: 3.8 million / 29 people per sq mile (11 people per sq km) Total land area: 132,046 square miles (342,000 square km) Language(s) spoken: Kongo, Teke, Lingala, French (official …
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Constitutional monarchy
A government in which the ruler’s powers are limited by a constitution and a nation’s laws.
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Consumer goods
Goods that individuals acquire for short-term use.
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Consumer organisms
Animals that cannot produce their own food within a food chain.
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Consumption overpopulation
The concept that a few persons, each using a large quantity of natural resources from ecosystems across the world, add up to too many people for the environment to support.
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Containerization
The prepackaging of items into larger standardized containers for more efficient transport.
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Continent
A landmass above the water on the earth.
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Continental divide
The line of the highest points in North America marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward.