Glossary

Bill: a proposed law.

Budget: a plan for spending and saving money

Cardinal directions: the four main directions north, south, west, East and west.

Colony : a settlement started by people who leave their country to live in another land.

Conservation : the protecting of natural resources and using them wisely.

Constitution : set of laws that govern a country.

Crater : hole at the top of a volcano.

Democracy : a system of government by freely elected representatives of the people

Drainage : artificial large -scale removal of water from a wetland/swamp by whatever means.

Election : an instrument through which leaders are chosen.

Ethnic group : a group of people with same origin speaking related languages

Government : a group of people who govern a country

Immigrant : a person who comes to live in a country from some other place.

Independence : freedom from control by others.

Monument : a building/stone/ statue erected In memory of someone who is dead or someing else.

Natural resource : something found in nature that people can use.

Population density : the number of people living in an area per square kilometre.

Poverty : being very poor

Recycle : to use again.

Refinery : a factory that turns crude oil into useful products such as petrol.

Unemployment : being without a job.