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8 06 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 forests |
desertification | process by which grasslands change to desert |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race or more |
immigrant | |
imperialism | |
indigenous | |
industrialized country | |
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 avoid persecution or disasters |
savanna | broad grassland with few trees, found in the tropics |
subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |