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 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 | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
Indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
Industrialized Country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
Literacy Rate | percentage of people who can read and right |
Overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare plants cannot grow back |
Refugee | person who flees to another country to 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 |