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Glossary
Colonialism
T
he practice by which a
powerful country controls another country
or countries, in order to become richer
Nomads
Moving from one place to another
rather than living in one place all of the time
Sleepers
Wooden
planks laid across railway tracks
; they hold tracks in position
Scientific Forestry
A system of cutting trees controlled by the forest department, in which
old trees are cut and new ones planted
Shifting cultivation
Parts of the forest are cut and burnt in rotation.
