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Innovation

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Taking existing elements of society and creating something new to meet a need.

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The political party introduced in 1929 in Mexico helped to introduce democracy and maintain political stability for much of the 20th century.

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A livelihood requiring the use of small land areas, such as farming.

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Growing two or more crops simultaneously in alternate rows.

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Investment: the provision of resources, usually money, for a business venture, to later profit from it.

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Movement by an ethnic group in one country to revive or reinforce kindred ethnicity in another country-often to promote succession there.

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Irrigation: supplying dry land with water through a system of canals or pipes so that crops will grow.

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The artificial placement of water to produce crops, generally in arid locations.

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A monotheistic religion based on the prophet Muhammad’s teachings and the biggest cultural and religious influence in north Africa.

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A series of islands formed by ocean crust sliding over a stationary hot spot in the earth’s mantle.