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1 4 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 ca 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 forest. |
desertification | process by which grasslands change to desserts. |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages. |
Genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, 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 trage advantages. |
Indigenous | native to or originating from a place. |
Industrialized country | country in which a great dal of manufacturing occurs. |
Literacy rate | percentage of people who can read or write. |
Overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back. |
refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster. |
Savanna | broad grassland with few trees, found in the tropics. |
Subsistance farms | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family. |