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8 19 Africa Vocab
AFRICA VOCABULARY888
| 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 accuring materials that can be used by humans |
| scarcity | inadequate supply or shortage |
| civil war | a fight between different groups in a country |
| colony | overseas territory on a parent country |
| coral reef | structure formed by dead sea animal skeletons |
| deforestation | a wide spread cutting of forests |
| desertification | process when grass lands change to desserts |
| drought | long period of dryness no water |
| genocide | mass murder of people because of there culture race religion etc |
| immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |