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commodities
: products produced from natural resources.
illiterate
: not capable of reading and writing.
industrialization
: the process by which a country changes from
a farming society to one that is based on industry and manufacturing.
monopolies
: companies—either privately or publicly owned—that
control the production and/or sale of a particular product or service.
reforms
: changes in policies geared toward improving them.
WORDS TO UNDERSTAND
São Paulo's busy highways.