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24-27 Vocab
24, 25, 26, 27 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Sahel | region in Africa just south of Sahara |
Colonialism | system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw material and markets for their products |
Plateau | elevated blocks of land with flat or gently rolling surfaces |
Escarpment | steep slope or cliff |
Chaparral | drought-resistant brush |
Savanna | a grassland with scattered trees |
Oral History | History passed down by word of the mouth |
Nomadic Herding | herders move their flocks to different pastures throughout the year |
Leaching | the dessolving and washing away of nutrients |
Land Degradation | reduction in the productive potinetal of land |
Population Density | Average number of people in a given unit area |
Delta | land formed by soil in the water that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea |
Fellaheen | An Egyptian peaseant |
Sandstorm | a storm that blows hot air, dust, and grit into the air |
Bazaar | a traditional Arab open-air market |
Basin Irrigation | long built walls around a feild to trap in the good soil and silt |
Resevoir | A natural or artificial lake |
Perennial Irrigation | irragation system that provides water to the land all throughout the year |
Capital | Money ivested in building and supporting new industries |
Wadi | a cut accross a land |
Caravan | large group of merchants who join together to travel in safety |
Medina | Older Arab sections of a city |
Souk | Market area in a city |
Shifting Agriculture | a practice of farming the soil until it is exhausted |
Forage | food grazing animals |
Deforestation | the trees being stripped from land |
Desertification | the extension of the desert due to humans |
Refugee | a person who flees from home to other places to escape to freedom |
Landlocked | a nation cut off from the sea |
Inland Delta | an area of lakes and creeks |
Coup | a sudden political takeover |
Ancestor Worship | beleif that honoring and worshiping ones ancestor will cause them to live in the spirit world after death |
Animism | ordinairy things contain a spirit which deserves worship |
World Bank | agencies of the United Nations that give loans to countries for developing projects |
International Monetary Fund | agencies of the United Nations that give loans to countries for developing projects |
Structural adjustment Program | a set of guidlines that that is supposed to make a countries economy work |
Watershed | a dividing ridge between two basins |
Mercenary | hired soldiers |
Barter | the exchange of goods without the use of koney |
Harambee | Individuals and companies working to improve Kenyas economy |
pyrethrum | a pesticide |
malnutrition | a desease by not havng a healthy diet |
Strategic value | the value of location to nations planning large-scale military actions |
Ethnocracy | a government in which one ethnic group rules over others |
Villigization | forced to move into towns and work on collective farms |
apartheid | Apartness, a system created by the whites |
segregation | forced to live apart |
sanction | actions that punish a country of which the international Community doesnt approve |
Enclave | completely sorrounded by the larger country |
White Flight | departure of the trained whote administrators and technicians |
Land Redstribution | land is taken from those with plenty, and given to those with little or none |