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8 13 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocab
| 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 |
| 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 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 |