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industrialization
is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods. -
urbinization
refers to the increasing number of people that live in urban areas. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical. -
americanization
the act or process of Americanizing -
immigration
is the international movement of people into a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle or reside there.