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7 14 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 |
| Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert |
| Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
| genicide | Mass murder of people because of their race,religion,ethnicity,politics,or culture |
| Immigrant | Personwho moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
| Imperialism | System of building forein empires for military and trade advantages |
| Indigenous | Native or originating from a place |
| Industrialised country | Country in which agreat deal of manufacturing occurs |
| Literacy rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
| Overgraze | To allowanimals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
| Refugee | Personwho fleesto 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 |