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 a groups within a country |
colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
coral reef | structure formed of the skeletons of small sea animals |
deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
desertification | process by witch grasslands change to desert |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
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 it a permanent home |
imperialism | system of building a foreign empire for the military and trade advantages |
indigenous | native or originating from a place |
industrialized country | a country witch a great deal of machinery occurs |
literacy rate | percentage of people who can read or write |
overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare plants cannot grow again |
refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
savanna | broad grassland with few trees ,found in tropics |
subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows enough food for family |