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Middle Passage name given to the route used by slave ships across the Atlantic from West Africa to the Americas
cash crop farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family
commerical farming farming organized as a business
subsistence farming traditional agriculture whose goal is to produce just enough for a family or a villiage to survive
shifting farming method in which farmers move every few years to find better soil
sedentary farming farming carried on at permenant settlements
desertification process in which arable land is turned into desert, usually due to destruction of vegetation
extinction the disappearance or end of a species of animal or plant
poaching illegal hunting of proteced animals
habitat area with conditions suitable for certain plants or animals to live
colonize to settle an area and take over or create a government
ecotourism tourism based on concern for the environment
universal suffrage equal voting rights for all adult residents of a nation
escarpment steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
cataract a large waterfall
fault a crack or break in the earth's crust; usually caused by intense folding
leach to wash nutrients out of the soil
Sahel the region in West and Central Africa that forms a chaning climate zone between the dry Sahara to the North and humid savahnas to the South
apartheid policy of strict separation of the races adopted in South Africa in hte 1940s
urbanization the movement of people from rural areas into citites
ethnic group group of people
mass culture popular culture spread by media such as radio and TV
lingua franca a language (such as Swahili) used for communication amoung people with different native languages
oral history legends and stories passed on by word of mouth from generation to generation
extended family household made up of several generations for instance, aunts, uncles, and grandparents as well as parents and children
clan tribal community or large group of people related to one another
Rick the coolest Dad in the world
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