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3 08 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Developing Country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
| Life Expectancy | The average amount of years a person from a certain group lives |
| Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
| Scarcity | Inadequate supply of shortage |
| Civil War | Fight between two groups from a certain county |
| Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent county |
| Coral Reef | Structure formed by skeletons on small sea animals |
| Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests |
| Desertification | Process which grasslands change to desert |
| Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
| Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics or culture |
| Immigrant | A person who moves to a new county to make a home |
| Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
| Indigenous | Native or originating to a place |
| Industrialized Economy | Country in which great deal of manufacturing occurs |
| Literacy Rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
| Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare plants can not grow back |
| 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 farmer grows only enough food to feed his family |