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 a 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 of the skeletons of small sea animals
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deforestation | widespread cutting of forests
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desertification | process by witch grasslands change 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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immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make it a permanent home
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imperialism | system of building a foreign empire for the military and trade advantages
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indigenous | native or originating from a place
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industrialized country | a country witch a great deal of machinery occurs
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literacy rate | percentage of people who can read or write
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overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare plants cannot grow again
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refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster
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savanna | broad grassland with few trees ,found in tropics
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subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows enough food for family
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