| A | B |
|---|
| natural resource | product of the earth that peopel use to meet their needs |
| ethnic group | people who share a common culture, language, or history |
| civil war | fight among different groups within a group |
| ecotourist | person who travels to another country to view its natural wonders |
| poaching | illegal hunting of protected animals |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
| savanna | broad grassland in the tropics with few trees |
| urbanization | movement to the cities |
| colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| ethnic cleansing | forcing people from their homes because they are from a different ethnic group |
| subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his family |
| steppe | party dry grassland climate zone found on the edge of a desert |
| famine | lack of food |
| refugee | person who flees to another country to escape disaster |
| humd subtropical | weather pattern characterized by hot, humid, rainy summers and short mild winters |
| irrigation | farming practice followed in dry areas to collect water and bring it to crops |
| cash crop | product grown to be sold for export |
| human rights | basic freedoms and rights that all people should enjoy |
| desert | hot dry climate with less than 10 inches of rainfall per year |
| endangered species | plant or animal species under the threat of completely dying out |
| life expectancy | the number of years a person is expected to live |
| rainforest | dense forest that receives high amounts of rainfall per year |
| commerical farming | large scale production of crops to sell |
| tributary | a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river |
