8 30 Africa Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
coral reef | structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
colony | overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
civil war | fight between different groups within a country |
scarcity | inadequate supply or shortage |
natural resource | naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
life expectancy | the average number of years a person from a certain group lives |
developing country | a poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
deforestation | widespread cutting of forest |
desertification | process by which grasslands turn to dessert |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortage |
imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
indigenous | native to or originating from a place |
industrialized country | country in which a great deal of manufacturing occuurs |
literacy rate | percent of people who can read and write |
overgraze | to allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
refugee | person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
immigrant | A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country |
genocide | A large killing of a group of people because of ethnic group or nation |
savanna | A grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions with few trees |
subsistence farm | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing |
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