Africa Vocabulary
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| developing country | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture
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| life expectancy | the average number of years a person from a certain group lives
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| natural resources | natural occurring materials that can be used by humans
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| scarcity | inadequate supply or shortage
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| civil war | fight between different groups within a country
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| colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country
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| coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals
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| deforestation | widespread cutting of forests
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| desertification | process by which grasslands change to deserts
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| drought | long period of extreme dryness and water storages
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| genocide | mass murder of a people
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| immigrant | a person who migrates to a different country usually from a permanent residence
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| imperialism | rules of extending the rule or law of an empire over foreign countries,or of making and holding colonies and dependencies
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| indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country
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| industrialized country | To develop industry in a country or society
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| literacy rate | the rate in witch a certain amount of people in a country know how to read or write
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| overgraze | to excess
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| refugee | a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country
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| savanna | a plain effected by treegrouth
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| subsistence farm | self-sufficiency farming in witch the farmers foucus ongrowing enough food to feed trere families and them selves
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