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1 08 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 resources | natural occurring materials 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 | structure formed by the skeletons 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 storages |
genocide | mass murder of a people |
immigrant | a person who migrates to a different country usually from a permanent residence |
imperialism | rules of extending the rule or law of an empire over foreign countries,or of making and holding colonies and dependencies |
indigenous | originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country |
industrialized country | To develop industry in a country or society |
literacy rate | the rate in witch a certain amount of people in a country know how to read or write |
overgraze | to excess |
refugee | a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country |
savanna | a plain effected by treegrouth |
subsistence farm | self-sufficiency farming in witch the farmers foucus ongrowing enough food to feed trere families and them selves |