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SERIES GLOSSARY

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.

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MAJOR NATIONS IN A GLOBAL WORLD: BRAZIL