Term | Definition |
Developing county | a poor country whose citezens 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 a people because of their race, ethnicity, politics or culture |
Immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
Imperialism | system of building foreign empires for trade and military advantages |
Indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
Industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
Literacy rate | percent of people who can read and write |
Overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants can not grow back |
Refugee | person who flees to another country ti avoid persecution or disaster |
Savanna | broad grassland with few trees, found in the tropics |
Subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |