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Africa Vocab by BP
Question | Answer |
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imperialism | the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries. |
famine | a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation |
clan | a group of families or households |
nomad | a member of a people of a tribe that has no home, but moves place to place occasionally |
resources | sources of supply, support, wealth or aid, one that can be drawn when needed |
scarcity | shortness of supply OR WATER |
Bantu Migration | one of the largest migrations ever, when the Bantu people migrated from Congo. It began in 1000-1800 A.D. They introduced many things to the place they migrated |
apartheid | (in South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation in a non-white population |
genocide | the deliberate and systematic extermation of a national, racial, political or cultural group |
civil war | a war between political factions of regions within the same country |