5 25 Africa Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
developing country | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
life expectancy | the average number of years a person from a certain group lives |
natural resource | naturally occurring materias that can be used by humans |
scarcity | inadequate supply or shortage |
civil war | fight between different groups within a country |
colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
coral reef | struture formed by the skelatons of small sea animals |
deforestation | widespread cutting of forests |
desertification | process by which grasslands change to deserts |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortage |
genocide | mass murders of people because of their race religon ethincy politcs or culture |
immigrant | person who moves to a newcountry to make a permanet home |
imperialism | system of building forigeion empires for milltary and trade advantages |
indigenous | native to or organting from a place |
industrialized country | countryin which a great deal of manufactring occurs |
literacy rate. | percantage of people who can read or write |
overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas bare that plants can not go back |
refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persuction or diaster |
savanna | broad grass land with few trees found in the tropics |
substance farm | small plot were people grow only enough food for their family |
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