1 25 Africa Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
developing contry | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
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 |
civil war | fight between different groups within a country |
deforestation | process by which grasslands change to deserts |
coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortage |
desertification | process by which grasslands change to deserts |
immigrant | person who moves to a new country to make a new home |
industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occurs |
indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
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 |
subsistance farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |
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 rate | percentage of people who can read and write |
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