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3 08 Africa Vocab
Africa Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Developing Country | A poor country whose citizens mostly work in agriculture |
Life Expectancy | The average amount of years a person from a certain group lives |
Natural Resources | Naturally occurring materials that can be used by humans |
Scarcity | Inadequate supply of shortage |
Civil War | Fight between two groups from a certain county |
Colony | Overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent county |
Coral Reef | Structure formed by skeletons on small sea animals |
Deforestation | Widespread cutting of forests |
Desertification | Process which grasslands change to desert |
Drought | Long period of extreme dryness and water shortages |
Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics or culture |
Immigrant | A person who moves to a new county to make a home |
Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
Indigenous | Native or originating to a place |
Industrialized Economy | Country in which great deal of manufacturing occurs |
Literacy Rate | Percentage of people who can read and write |
Overgraze | To allow animals to strip areas so bare plants can not grow back |
Refugee | Person who flees to another country to avoid persecution or disaster |
Savanna | Broad grassland with few trees, found in tropics |
Subsistence Farm | Small plot where farmer grows only enough food to feed his family |