Economic opportunity
What Economic opportunity means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Economic opportunity
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Reference: OCR
The chance to make money that drew thousands of prospectors to the gold rushes, though very few individual prospectors struck it rich and merchants often made the most money.
Topics that use Economic opportunity
Related terms
- Agricultural economics
- Assimilation and cultural destruction
- Broken treaties and government policy
- Conflict and warfare
- Economic development and capitalism
- Economic exploitation
- Economic inequality
- Emancipation and liberation
Using Economic opportunity in the exam
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