| A | B |
| export | sell to other countries |
| campesinos | rural farmers and workers |
| latifundia | large agricultural estates |
| minifundia | small plots of farm land |
| cash crops | produced in large quantities to be sold |
| developing country | country working twoard greater manufacturing and technology |
| gross domestic product | value of goods and services produced in a country in a year |
| service industry | industries that provide a service like tourism |
| maquiladora | factories built by foreign firms |
| free trade zone | trade restrictions do not apply |
| deforestation | clearing of forests |
| sustainable development | technological and economic growth that does not deplete the human and natural resources |
| slash and burn farming | all plants are cut down; trees are stripped; All are set on fire |
| reforestation | Planting of young trees on stripped land |
| shantytown | slums where migrant workers might live |