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**capital:** money used to invest in business

**capital resources:** (aka **capital, capital goods, means of production**): machines, tools and buildings used to produce goods and services; capital goods do not immediately satisfy needs and wants, but enable the production of goods and services that do; not the stuff you sell, but the tools you use to make the stuff to sell

**chronology:** the study of time (from Greek //chronos//, time + //logos//, the study or science of)

**civic nationalism:** having patriotism towards one territory, one part of the nation (Ruby G.)


 * city-state:** a type of state in which the territory is small (a city and its surrounding environment) and the population homogeneous; only three states in the world today are city-states: Vatican City, Monaco and Singapore

**consumer:** a person who buys goods and services for personal use

**consumption:** the act of buying goods and services

**creole:** a native of a Spanish or French Colony whose parents are native to either France or Spain. (Zoe A.)

**currency:** coins of gold, silver, or other metal, or paper bills; see money