an enormous shortage of food over a wide area of living; people starve during a famine.

Can be caused by (1)drought (very little or no rainfall) or (2) as a result of war. In a war, food suppliers cannot always deliver food. That leads to starvation.

very little or no rain--crops cannot grow and livestock (animals) suffer, so that there is little or no food for people

When a person has this, their body is not healthy because they have not received good nutrition (foods, vitamins, clean water) from their diet (what they eat and drink); this is usually occurs where there is poverty

Being very poor; having little or no money. War or famine might cause more of this than there already is. People who are very poor may suffer from malnutrition.

Desertfification (de-sert-i-fi-ca-tion)

Means that the sizes of the deserts are getting larger and larger due to natural or human causes. Land that was not desert is gradually becoming desert.

A natural cause of desertification is ____.

a drastic (big) change in climate

Human causes of desertification

(1) people destroy the plants, trees and grass, or (2) use up a lot of the soil. Too much farming can do this, too.

A nation that lacks industry, big business, and technology. They are usually poor.

Coup (pronounced coo)

A sudden, decisive use of force in politics. An example is a violent overthrow of a government by a small group of people usually helped by the military. Usually the person who led the coup takes over as the new leader. It is also called a coup d'etat.

People who left their own country because of hardships (things that made it hard to live there) or because they were forced out by their government

Reasons that people might leave their homelands and become refugees

(1) Severe economic difficulty (such as trouble getting a job to earn money to buy food with), (2) civil war, (3) political or religious persecution (being treated very badly), and (4) famine

A widespread, sudden, and fast outbreak of a contagious disease (an illness that is catching); in Africa there is an AIDS epidemic

A severe disorder caused by the virus HIV, resulting in a defective immune system (the body cannot fight off even minor infections); it stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

tricking someone to cheat them out of something

African countries that work together to make Africa better and more stable politically and economically. They have a multi-national peacekeeping force and a single African parliament, court and bank

money given by a government to assist or help someone

the part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert. That is most of the continent. Countries that lie partly in the Sahara Desert and partly below it are still called sub-Saharan.

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Africa Vocabulary

Gr. 6 Social Studies

Question	Answer
Famine	an enormous shortage of food over a wide area of living; people starve during a famine.
Causes of famine	Can be caused by (1)drought (very little or no rainfall) or (2) as a result of war. In a war, food suppliers cannot always deliver food. That leads to starvation.
Drought	very little or no rain--crops cannot grow and livestock (animals) suffer, so that there is little or no food for people
Malnutrition	When a person has this, their body is not healthy because they have not received good nutrition (foods, vitamins, clean water) from their diet (what they eat and drink); this is usually occurs where there is poverty
Poverty	Being very poor; having little or no money. War or famine might cause more of this than there already is. People who are very poor may suffer from malnutrition.
Corrupt	immoral, dishonest
Desertfification (de-sert-i-fi-ca-tion)	Means that the sizes of the deserts are getting larger and larger due to natural or human causes. Land that was not desert is gradually becoming desert.
A natural cause of desertification is ____.	a drastic (big) change in climate
Human causes of desertification	(1) people destroy the plants, trees and grass, or (2) use up a lot of the soil. Too much farming can do this, too.
Developing nation	A nation that lacks industry, big business, and technology. They are usually poor.
Coup (pronounced coo)	A sudden, decisive use of force in politics. An example is a violent overthrow of a government by a small group of people usually helped by the military. Usually the person who led the coup takes over as the new leader. It is also called a coup d'etat.
Refugees	People who left their own country because of hardships (things that made it hard to live there) or because they were forced out by their government
Reasons that people might leave their homelands and become refugees	(1) Severe economic difficulty (such as trouble getting a job to earn money to buy food with), (2) civil war, (3) political or religious persecution (being treated very badly), and (4) famine
epidemic	A widespread, sudden, and fast outbreak of a contagious disease (an illness that is catching); in Africa there is an AIDS epidemic
AIDS	A severe disorder caused by the virus HIV, resulting in a defective immune system (the body cannot fight off even minor infections); it stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
fraud	tricking someone to cheat them out of something
African Union	African countries that work together to make Africa better and more stable politically and economically. They have a multi-national peacekeeping force and a single African parliament, court and bank
subsidies	money given by a government to assist or help someone
Sub-Saharan Africa	the part of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert. That is most of the continent. Countries that lie partly in the Sahara Desert and partly below it are still called sub-Saharan.

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