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8 17 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| developing country | a 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 settlement tied to a parent country |
| coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
| deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
| desertification | process by which grasslands change to desert |
| drought | a long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
| genocide | a mass murder of people becuase of their race,religion,ethnicity,polotics,or culture |
| immigrant | a person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
| imperialism | a system of building forgein empiresfor military and trade advantages |
| indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
| industrialized country | country which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
| literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
| overgraze | to allow amimals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
| refugee | a person who flees to another country to avoid persecution 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 |