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5 16 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1. Developing country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
2. Life expectancy | the average number of years a person from a certain group lives |
3. Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
4. Scarcity | Inadequate supply or shortage |
5. Civil war | A fight between different groups within a country |
6. Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
7. Coral reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
8. Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests |
9. Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert |
10. Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
11. Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, or culture |
12. Immigrant | A person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
13. Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
14. Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place |
15. Industrialized country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
16. Literacy rate | Percentage of people who can read and write in an area |
17. Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
18. Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
19. Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees in the tropics |
20. Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |