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5 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 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. |
| Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert. |
| Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests. |
| Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortage. |
| 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 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 grasslands with few trees,found in the tropics. |
| Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family. |