| A | B |
|---|
| Developing Country | Countries in the process of becoming industrialized |
| Export | Send to other countries for sale or trade |
| Cash Crop | A crop produced to sell or trade |
| Campesinos | People who live and work in rural areas |
| Latifundia | Large estates owned by families or corporations |
| Minifundia | Small farms that produce food chiefly for family use and the local market |
| Service Industry | Enterprises that provide services rather than goods |
| Maquiladoras | Factories that employ a large number of Mexicans |
| Ecosystem | Complex variety of life in a delicately balanced environment |
| Deforestation | Cutting down and clearing away of trees in a rain forest |
| Slash-and-burn farming | Cutting down of plants and strip trees of bark, then burn for nutrients in soil |
| Reforestation | The planting of young trees or the seeds of trees on the stripped lands |
