Major Nations in a Global World: Brazil

São Paulo's busy highways.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

commodities : products produced from natural resources. illiterate : not capable of reading and writing.

industrialization : the process by which a country changes from a farming society to one that is based on industry and manufacturing. monopolies : companies—either privately or publicly owned—that control the production and/or sale of a particular product or service. reforms : changes in policies geared toward improving them.