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5 16 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. Developing country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
| 2. Life expectancy | the average number of years a person from a certain group lives |
| 3. Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
| 4. Scarcity | Inadequate supply or shortage |
| 5. Civil war | A fight between different groups within a country |
| 6. Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| 7. Coral reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
| 8. Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests |
| 9. Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert |
| 10. Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
| 11. Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, or culture |
| 12. Immigrant | A person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
| 13. Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
| 14. Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place |
| 15. Industrialized country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
| 16. Literacy rate | Percentage of people who can read and write in an area |
| 17. Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
| 18. Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
| 19. Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees in the tropics |
| 20. Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |