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 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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colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country
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coral reef | structure formed by skeletons of small sea animals
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deforestation | wide spread cutting of forest
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desertification | process by witch grass turns to desert
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drought | long period of extreme dryness
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genocide | mass murder of people
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immigrant | person who moves to a new country
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imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military
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indigenous | native to or originating from a place
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literacy rate | percentage of people who can read and right
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refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution
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savanna | broad grassland with few trees
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overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back
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industrialized country | country in wich a great deal of manufacturing occurs
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subsistence farm | farmer can only grow enough food to feed his own family
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