Government Instability of Africa Key Vocabulary

AN EXTREME SCARCITY OF FOOD FAMINE AN EXTREME SCARCITY OF FOOD This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

HIV HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VIRUS THAT CAUSES AIDS TRANSMITTED BY CONTACT WITH BODILY FLUIDS This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

EBOLA an infectious and frequently fatal disease marked by fever and severe internal bleeding, spread through contact with infected body fluids  This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

DICTATOR HARSH PERSON WHO RULES WITH TOAL AUTHORITY AND FORCE This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

WAR BETWEEN CITIZENS OF THE SAME COUNTRY This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA CIVIL WAR WAR BETWEEN CITIZENS OF THE SAME COUNTRY

UNITED NATIONS Created in1945, following the devastation of WWII with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security. The UN does this by working to prevent conflict; helping parties in conflict make peace; peacekeeping; and creating the conditions to allow peace to hold and flourish. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

World bank 189 member countries, a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

drought a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

suffering or death caused by hunger starvation suffering or death caused by hunger This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

Poverty Extremely poor This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Gov’t where citizens have the power in choosing their leaders. democracy Gov’t where citizens have the power in choosing their leaders. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to ea malnutrition lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to ea This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

Natural causes A result of something that occurs with out human involvement. Ex: Flooding, dying of old age, hurricane. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Area south of the Sahara Desert Sub-saharan Africa Area south of the Sahara Desert This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

malaria a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness

shared out among a group or spread over an area distribution shared out among a group or spread over an area This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC