Term | Definition |
Developing Country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
Life Expectancy | The average number of years a person from a certain group lives |
Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
Scarcity | Inadequate supply or shortage |
Civil War | Fight between different groups within a country |
Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
Oral Reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forest |
Desertification | Process by witch grasslands change to dessert |
Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortage |
Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion ethnicity, politics, or culture |
Immigrant | Person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
Indigenous | Native or originating from a place |
Industrialized Country | Country in witch a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
Literacy rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees, found in the topics |
Subsistence Farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |