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Africa Vocabulary

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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 resource   naturally occurring materias 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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colony   overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country  
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coral reef   struture formed by the skelatons of small sea animals  
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deforestation   widespread cutting of forests  
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desertification   process by which grasslands change to deserts  
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drought   long period of extreme dryness and water shortage  
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genocide   mass murders of people because of their race religon ethincy politcs or culture  
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immigrant   person who moves to a newcountry to make a permanet home  
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imperialism   system of building forigeion empires for milltary and trade advantages  
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indigenous   native to or organting from a place  
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industrialized country   countryin which a great deal of manufactring occurs  
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literacy rate.   percantage of people who can read or write  
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overgraze   to allow animals to strip areas bare that plants can not go back  
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refugee   person who flees to another country to avoid persuction or diaster  
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savanna   broad grass land with few trees found in the tropics  
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substance farm   small plot were people grow only enough food for their family  
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