chapter 10 vocab
Terms
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- barreras
- barriers
- aldea global
- global village
- ingreso
- entrance
- emigrar
- to emigrate
- esperanza
- hope
- politica migratoria
- immigration policy
- atraer
- to attract
- inviertar
- to invest
- ventajoso
- advantages
- conllevar
- to entail
- indocumentada
- undocumented
- el trafico de personas
- trafficking of people
- desplazamiento
- displacement
- inversion
- investment
- mano do obra
- workforce
- fuga de cerebros
- brain drain
- remesas
- remittance
- disminuir
- to diminish
- brecha
- gap, breach
- colonizacion
- colonization
- inquietudes
- anxiety
- identidad cultural
- cultural identity
- toma de decisiones
- decision making
- diversidad linguistica
- linguistic diversity
- bilingue
- bilingual
- abusar
- to abuse
- alcanzar
- to reach, attain, achieve
- convenio
- agreement, treaty
- desempleo/subempleo
- unemployment/underemployment
- disputar
- to dispute
- dominar
- to dominate
- excluir
- to exclude
- fortalecer
- to strengthen
- homogeneizar
- to homogenize
- imponer
- to impose
- legalizar
- to legalize
- la lengua materna
- mother tongue, native language
- menospreciar
- to despise, to undervalue
- el planeta tierra
- the planet earth
- consumidar
- to consume
- recurso inagotable
- renewable resource
- renovable
- renewable
- impacto devastador
- devastating impact
- ecosistemas
- ecosystem
- calentamiento global
- global warming
- presa
- dam
- embalse
- reservoir
- abundancia
- abundance
- regulacion
- regulation
- concienciar
- to make aware of
- biodiversidad
- biodiversity
- suelo
- ground
- abono organico
- compost
- descomponer
- decompose
- desechos organicos
- organic remains
- desarrollo sostenible
- sustainable development
- estrategias
- strategy
- el agua dulce
- fresh water
- la caceria/ cazar
- hunting/ to hunt
- las cuasas subyacentes
- underlying causes
- el derrame/ derramar
- spill/ to spill
- el desgaste/ desgastar(se)
- wear, corrosion/ to wear out (get worn out)
- el deterioro/ deteriorar
- deterioration, damage/ to deteriorate, damage
- el efecto invernadero
- greenhouse effect
- las especies silvestres
- wild species
- la expansion/ expandir
- expansion/ to expand
- el incentivo/ incentivar
- incentive/ to motivate, encourage
- el pantanal
- marsh
- el rescate/ rescatar
- rescue/ to rescue
- los residuos radioactivos
- radioactive waste
- la restauracion/ restaurar
- restoration/ to restore
- la sobrepesca
- overfishing
- la tala/ talar
- tree felling/ to fell a tree
- el veneno/ envenenar
- poison/ to poison
- fallar
- to fail