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5 04 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| developing country | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture. |
| life expectancy | the average number of years a person from a certain group lives. |
| natural resources | naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans. |
| scarcity | inadequate supply or shortage. |
| civil war | fight between different groups within a country. |
| colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country. |
| coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals. |
| deforestation | widespread cutting of forests. |
| desertification | process of removing sat to make seawater drinkable. |
| drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages. |
| genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race religion, ethnicity, political, or culture. |
| immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home. |
| imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages. |
| indigenous | native to or originating from a place. |
| industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs. |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write. |
| overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back. |
| refugee | person who flees to another country to avid persecution or disaster. |
| savanna | borad grass land with few trees, found in the tropics. |
| subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family. |
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