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MAJOR NATIONS IN A GLOBAL WORLD: BRAZIL
indigenous
: originating in and naturally from a particular region or
country.
literacy rate
: the percentage of people who can read and write.
migrant
: a person who moves from one place to another, usually for
reasons of employment or economic improvement.
monopoly
: a situation where one company or state controls the market
for an industry or product.
nomadic
: describing a way of life in which people move, usually
seasonally, from place to place in search of food, water, and pastureland.
parliament
: a body of government responsible for enacting laws.
racism
: prejudice or animosity against people belonging to other races.
secular
: relating to worldly concerns; not religious.
societal
: relating to the order, structure, or functioning of society or
community.
socioeconomic
: relating to social and economic factors, such as
education and income, often used when discussing how classes, or levels
of society, are formed.
statecraft
: the ideas about and methods of running a country.
urban sprawl
: the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas away from the
center of the city into remote, outlying areas.
urbanization
: the increasing movement of people from rural areas to
cities, usually in search of economic improvement, and the conditions
resulting this migration.
SERIES GLOSSARY