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1 24 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Developing Country | A poor country whose citizens work mostly in agriculture. |
| Life Expectancy | The average number of years a person from a curtain group lives |
| Natural Resource | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
| Scarcity | Inadequate supply or shortage |
| Civil War | Fight between different groups within the country |
| Colony | Over seas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| Coral Reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
| Deforestation | Wide spread cutting of forests |
| Desertification | Process by which grasslands turn to deserts |
| Drought | Long period of dryness and water shortages |
| Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics or culture. |
| Immigrant | Person who moves from one county to another to make a permanent home |
| Imperialism | A system of building foreign empires for military and trade advances |
| Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place |
| Industrialized Country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing is done |
| Literacy Rate | Percentage of people that can read and write |
| Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cant grow back |
| Refugee | A person who flees to a different country to avoid persecution or disaster |
| Savanna | Broad grasslands with few trees, found in the tropics |
| Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |