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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 shortage  
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ivil 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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deformation   widespread cutting of forest  
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desertification   process of which grass land turns to desert  
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drought   long period of extreme dryness and water shortages  
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genocide   mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture  
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immigrants   person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home  
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imperialism   system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages  
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