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7 30 Africa Vocab
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 resources | naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
| scarcity | inadequate supply shortage |
| ivil 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 |
| deformation | widespread cutting of forest |
| desertification | process of which grass land turns 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 |
| immigrants | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
| imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |