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1 24 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Developing Country | A poor country whose citizens work mostly in agriculture. |
Life Expectancy | The average number of years a person from a curtain group lives |
Natural Resource | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
Scarcity | Inadequate supply or shortage |
Civil War | Fight between different groups within the country |
Colony | Over seas territory or settlement tied to a parent country |
Coral Reef | Structure formed by the skeletons of small sea animals |
Deforestation | Wide spread cutting of forests |
Desertification | Process by which grasslands turn to deserts |
Drought | Long period of dryness and water shortages |
Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics or culture. |
Immigrant | Person who moves from one county to another to make a permanent home |
Imperialism | A system of building foreign empires for military and trade advances |
Indigenous | Native to or originating from a place |
Industrialized Country | Country in which a great deal of manufacturing is done |
Literacy Rate | Percentage of people that can read and write |
Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare that plants cant grow back |
Refugee | A person who flees to a different country to avoid persecution or disaster |
Savanna | Broad grasslands with few trees, found in the tropics |
Subsistence farm | Small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |