1 23 Africa Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Developing country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
life expectancy | The average number of years a average 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 of forests |
desertification | process of salt to make seawater drinkable |
drought | long period of dryness and water shortages |
genocide | mass murder of people because of their race ethnicity politics or culture |
immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
industrialized country | `country in wich a great deal of manufactuing happens |
literacy rate | a percent of people who can read and write |
overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cant grow back |
refugee | a person who flees to another country to avoid prosecution or disaster |
savanna | broad grassland with few trees found in the tropics |
subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his family |
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