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Africa Vocabulary Quiz

Directions: Match the vocabulary words to the definition given in each problem.

1. a disease of the immune system that rapidly cause the inability to fight of common infections.
A) epidemic  B) HIV  C) AIDS  D) desertification  
2. dishonest practices.
A) famine  B) refugee  C) corrupt  D) malnutrition  
3. a rapid depletion of plant life to an area.
A) desertification  B) grasslands  C) refugee  D) poverty  
4. a long period with dry weather.
A) drought  B) desertification  C) famine  D) refugee  
5. affecting many people in the same location at the same time.
A) corrupt  B) epidemic  C) famine  D) AIDS  
6. an extreme scarcity of food.
A) corrupt  B) AIDS  C) epidemic  D) famine  
7. an area of dense grasslike vegetation.
A) grasslands  B) savannah  C) drought  D) famine  
8. a virus that causes AIDS by infecting the immune system.
A) poverty  B) HIV  C) corrupt  D) desertification  
9. a lack of eating balanced meals.
A) malnutrition  B) refugee  C) HIV  D) grasslands  
10. having little or no money.
A) malnutrition  B) famine  C) epidemic  D) poverty  
11. a person who flees their homeland in seek of safety.
A) desertification  B) refugee  C) malnutrition  D) corrupt  
12. a plain region consisting of thick grasses and trees.
A) refugee  B) savannah  C) poverty  D) malnutrition  

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