5 30 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 |
colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
coral reef | stucture formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
deforestation | widesperead cutting trees down |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortage |
genocide | mass murder of people because of their race,religon,ethnicity,politics, or culture |
immagrants | person who moves to a new countryto make a permanet home |
imperialism | system of building empires for military and trade advantages |
indigenous | native to or orginating from a place |
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. |
industrialized country | a country characterized by industry on an extensive scale |
literacy rate | in economics, the literacy rate is the proportion or the population over 15 that can read and write |
overgraze | Graze (grassland) so heavily that the vegetation is damaged and the ground becomes liable to erosion |
refugee | A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. |
savanna | a city in Georgia on the Savannah River and pop. |
subsistence farm | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing |
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