3 14 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 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. |
Imperialism | System of building foreign empires and trade advantages. |
Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country. |
Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place. |
Coral Reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals. |
Industrialized Country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs. |
Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests. |
Literacy Rate | Percentage of people who can read and write. |
Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert. |
Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back. |
Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages. |
Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster. |
Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethenticity, politics, or culture. |
Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees, found in the tropics. |
Immigrant | Person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home. |
Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only eniugh food to feed his family. |
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