| A | B |
| micro-enterprise | a very small business with fewer new employees |
| micro-entrepreneurs | people who start and run a very small business |
| undernourished | not eating enough food to maintain a healthy life |
| civil war | a war between groups living in the same country |
| gender-based division of labor | a division of work into 2 categories based on gender (male/female) |
| informal economy | the part of economy in which goods and services are exchanged outside of government control |
| ethnic diversity | a variety of people from different ethnic groups |
| cultural regions | an area that is set apart from other places by the way of life of people |
| linguistic groups | groups of people who share a common language |
| colonialism | a system in which one country rules another area as a colony |
| shari'a | traditional Islamic law |
| dialect | a version of language that is spoken in a specific area |
| shantytowns | settlements made up of crudely built shacks |
| wetlands | areas where the soil is usually wet or covered with water |