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3 25 Africa Vocad
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 resource | naturally accuring materials that can be used by humans |
| scarcity | inadequate supply or shortage |
| civil war | fight between two groups in one 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 forest |
| desertification | process of grasslands changing to deserts |
| drought | long period of time of extreme dryness |
| gencoide | mass murder of people due to race religion and other differences |
| immigrant | someone that lived in one country that moved to another country |
| imperialism | system of building forghen empires for military |
| indigenous | native or originating from a place |
| industrialized country | country in which agrate deal of manufactureing occurs |
| literacy rate | percent of people that can read or write |
| overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cant grow back |
| refuge | person who flees to another country toavoid disaister |
| savana | broad grassland with few trees, found in the tropics |
| subsistence farm | small plotwhere a farmer only bgrows enough food to feed his own family |