Term | Definition |
Developing Country | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculter |
life expectancy | the average number of years a person from certain group lives |
natural resources | naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
scarcity | indequate supply or shortage |
civil war | fight between different groups within a country |
colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
desertifiactoin | process by which grasslands change to desert |
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 move to a new country to make permanent home |
imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
industrialized country | country in which great deal of manufacturing occurs |
literacy rate | percentage of people who can read or write |
overgrazed | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
redugee | person who flees to anther country to avoid persecution or disater |
savanna | broad grasslands with few trees, found in tropics |
subsistence farm | small plot where farmers grows only enough food to feed his own family |