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5 11 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 | Naturally occurring materials that can be 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. |
Desertification | Process by which grasslands change to desert. |
Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests. |
Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortage. |
Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race,religion,ethnicity,politics, or culture. |
Immigrant | Person who moves to a new country to make permanent home. |
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 occurs. |
Literacy rate | Percentage 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. |
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. |