Vocabulary:

1. analyze - to study something closely

2. consolidation - to join together into one whole

3. controversial - causing arguments

4. demography - study of population changes and the impact on society

5. diplomacy - work of keeping up relations between the governments of different countries

6. dominance - great influence over all others

7. drones - aircrafts without a pilot that are controlled by radio signals

8. efficiency - quick, accurate performance of a task

9. ethanol - type of fuel which is made from grains such as corn

10. exert - to use or put into action

11. exported - to send to another country to sell

12. federal - having to do with the central government of a country

13. finance - management of money or other resources

14. frivolous - of little importance

15. imported - to bring in from another country usually for selling

16. irritable - easily bothered or angered

17. precision - very accurate measurement or operation

18. psychology - study of the mind and of the ways that people feel and act

19. Recession - downward turn in business activity

20. tolerant - willing to accept or respect what is different in others