Africa Vocabolary
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| Developing Country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture.
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| Life Expectancy | The average number of years a person from a certain group lives.
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| Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans.
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| Scarcity | Inadequate supply or shortage.
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| Civil War | Fight between different groups within a country.
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| Imperialism | System of building foreign empires and trade advantages.
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| Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country.
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| Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place.
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| Coral Reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals.
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| Industrialized Country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs.
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| Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests.
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| Literacy Rate | Percentage of people who can read and write.
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| Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert.
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| Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back.
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| Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages.
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| Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster.
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| Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethenticity, politics, or culture.
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| Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees, found in the tropics.
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| Immigrant | Person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home.
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| Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only eniugh food to feed his family.
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