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7 30 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 used by humans |
scarcity | inadequate supply shortage |
ivil 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 |
deformation | widespread cutting of forest |
desertification | process of which grass land turns to desert |
drought | long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
immigrants | person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home |
imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |