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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   naturally 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   stucture formed by the skeletons of small sea animals  
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deforestation   widesperead cutting trees down  
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drought   long period of extreme dryness and water shortage  
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genocide   mass murder of people because of their race,religon,ethnicity,politics, or culture  
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immagrants   person who moves to a new countryto make a permanet home  
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imperialism   system of building empires for military and trade advantages  
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indigenous   native to or orginating from a place  
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desertification   the rapid depletion of plant life and loss of topsoilat desert boundrais and in semarid regions, usually caused by a combination of drought and the overexplotation of grasses and other vegetation by people.  
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industrialized country   a country characterized by industry on an extensive scale  
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literacy rate   in economics, the literacy rate is the proportion or the population over 15 that can read and write  
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overgraze   Graze (grassland) so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground becomes liable to erosion  
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refugee   A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.  
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savanna   a city in Georgia on the Savannah River and pop.  
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subsistence farm   farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing  
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