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7 26 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 a groups within a country |
| colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| coral reef | structure formed of the skeletons of small sea animals |
| deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
| desertification | process by witch grasslands change to desert |
| drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
| 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 it a permanent home |
| imperialism | system of building a foreign empire for the military and trade advantages |
| indigenous | native or originating from a place |
| industrialized country | a country witch a great deal of machinery occurs |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read or write |
| overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare plants cannot grow again |
| refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
| savanna | broad grassland with few trees ,found in tropics |
| subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows enough food for family |