GEOGRAPHY? WHAT'S THAT? UNIT 4

• BUDGET:  a sum of money to be used for a specific purpose by a government.

• CAP: the Common Agricultural Policy.

• CFP: the Common Fisheries Policy.

• CITIZENSHIP: the condition or status of a citizen, with its rights and duties.

• COHESION:  the act of uniting or staying together.

• COMMON MARKET: a market based on common policies and the free movement of goods, services, people and capital.

• DEVELOPMENT: the act or process of growing or making progress.

• DUTY: something you must do.

• FRAGMENTATION: when production processes occur in different phases, in different places.

• FREE MOVEMENT: the unrestricted movement of goods, services, people and capital in a common market.

• FUNDS: the financial resources used by governments or political institutions for a specific purpose.

• GDP: the Gross Domestic Product.

• HETEROGENEITY: a thing that consists of dissimilar elements or parts.

• HIERACHY: social system  in which some people order and the rest obey.

• HIGHWAY/MOTORWAY: large road by where main ground transport goes by from one city to another.

• HOMOGENEOUS: made up of the same kind of people or things.

• INVESTMENT: the act of using something to achieve a goal.

• MONETARY UNION: the sharing of the same currency between two or more states.

• OUTSKIRTS: the bordering areas of a city.

• OUTSOURCING: part of a company’s work is sent to another company, sometimes in a different country because it is a cheaper or more efficient option.

• PROFITABLE : something by which you gain some benefits.

• SEAFARING: related to the sea.

• SKEPTICAL:  doubtful.

• SUBSUDY: a type of financing offered by a government.

• SURPLUS:  what is left over after producing excessively.

• TREATY: a formal agreement between two or more states related to international relations.