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3 11 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
| 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 | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals. |
| Deforestation | widespread cutting of forests. |
| Drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages. |
| Genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture. |
| Desertification | process by which grasslands change to desert. |
| Immagrant | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home. |
| Imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages. |
| Indigenous | native to or originating from a place. |
| Industrialized Country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs. |
| Literacy Rate | percentage of people who can read and 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. |
| Subsistence Farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family. |