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1 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| civil war | fight between different groups within a country |
| coal reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
| deforestation | widespread cutting down of forests |
| desertification | process by which grasslands change to deserts |
| drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortage |
| immigrant | persion who moves to a new country to make a new home |
| indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
| industrialized country | country in which a great deal of man |
| overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
| poaching | illegal hunting of protected animals |
| refugee | 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 |
| 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 |
| colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
| genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
| imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
| literacy ratepercentage of people who can read and write | percentage of people who can read and write |