Term | Definition |
developing county | 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 the skeletons of small sea animals |
deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
desertification | process of removing salt to make seawater drinkable |
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 a permanent home |
imperialism | sytem of building foregin empires for milliary and trade advantages |
indigenous | native to or organating from a place |
industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufactoring occurs |
literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that the plants cannot grow back |
refugee | person who flees to anouther country to avoid persecution or disaster |
savanna | broad grassland with few trees,found in tropics |
subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his family |
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