5 02 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 through out the country. |
Colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country. |
Coral Reef | structure formed by the skeletons os small sea animals. |
Deforestation | widespread cutting of forest. |
Desertification | process by which grasslands turns to dessert. |
Drought | a percentage of water shortage. |
Genocide | the delibrate killing of a large group of people. |
Immigrant | a person who perminatly lives in a foreign country. |
Imperialism | a policy extends a country's power. |
Indigenous | orrigainiting in a place normally native. |
Industrial Country | a term used to describe a country with a high level of develpment. |
Literacy Rate | is a propertion of people over the age of 15 that can read and write |
Overgraze | graze so heavily vegated that it is more likely to have erossion. |
Refugee | a person who is forced to leave there country inorder to escape the war. |
Savanna | a grassy plain in the tropical reigion with few trees. |
Subsistence Farm | farming that provides for the basic needs. |
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