Term | Definition |
developing country | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
life expectaancy | 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 |
coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
deforestation | widespread cutting down of forests |
desertification | process by which grasslands change to deserts |
immigrant | person who moves to a new country make a new home |
indigenous | native to a originating from a place |
industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to
feed his own family |
indigenous | native to a originating from a place |
industrialized | country in which a great deal of that plants cannot grow back |
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 |
refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to
feed his own family |
genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |