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All materials found in nature that are useful for humans and have economic potential

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Renewable resources

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Resources that are replenished fast after exploitation

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Resources

All materials found in nature that are useful for humans and have economic potential

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Renewable resources

Resources that are replenished fast after exploitation

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Non-renewable resources

Resources formed by very slow geological processes

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Energy resources

Resources that are used to meet human demand for energy

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Metallic resources

Resources that come from extractable metallic minerals

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Intrusion

A body of magma that flows into Earth’s crust

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Solidifying

The process in which magma cools down and becomes solid

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Crystallisation

The process of crystals forming when magma solidifies

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Induced earthquakes

Earthquakes that are triggered or created by human activities

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Cratons

Pieces of continental crust that form the stable fundament of continental plates

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Kimberlite pipes

(Eroded) old volcanic crater pipes with high concentrations of diamonds located on cratons

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Continental shelf

The part of the continental plate that is covered by sea water

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Resource curse

The situation in which most of the people in a resource-rich area do not benefit from their resources

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Mono-economy

An economy that is focused on one economic activity, like the export of resources

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Core-periphery model

A model which describes the unequal relations between MEDCs (core) and LEDCs (periphery)

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Horsts

Lifted areas along a fault

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Grabens

Subsided areas along a fault

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Blood diamonds

Diamonds originating in a conflict zone that are sold to a foreign company

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Semi-peripheral countries

Fast-developing countries due to their growing industries; positioned between core countries and peripheral countries

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Angola Model

A strategy that is used by the Chinese government to exploit resources in peripheral countries, especially African and South American countries

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Geopolitics

The study of the way a country’s size, position, etc. influences its power and its relationships with other countries