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8 24 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 or shortage |
| Civil war | Fight between different groups within a country |
| Colony | Overseas territory or settelment tied to a parent country |
| Coral reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
| Deforestation | Widespread of cutting forests |
| Desertification | Process by which grasslands change 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 |
| Immigrant | Person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
| Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
| Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place |
| Industrialized country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
| Literacy rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
| Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
| Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid perscution or disaster |
| Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees,found in the tropics |
| Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |