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 the skeletons of small sea animals
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| deforestation | widespread cutting of forests
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| desertification | process of removing salt to make seawater drinkable
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| drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages
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| genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture
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| immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home
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| imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or an empire or nation over foreign countries, of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies
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| indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to ) :the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa
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| industrialized country | a country characterized by industry on an extensive scale
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| literacy rate | the literacy rate is the percentage of people with the ability to read and write
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| overgraze | to graze beyond its capacity to sustain stock
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| refugee | a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
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