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 |
Coral Reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
Deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert. |
Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their race, religion ethnicity. |
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 to or orginating from a place |
Industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
Literacy Rate | Rate 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 from another country to avoid danger |
Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees found in tropics. |
Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own familiy |