| Question |
Answer |
| Erg |
High shifting dunes in a desert basin |
| Reg |
A desert basin where the sand has been blown away leavening a gravel covered plain |
| Depressions |
Large low areas in the Sahara Desert |
| Wadis |
Dry streambeds that only fill up during heavy |
| Sahel |
A region of semi-arid climate along the southern edge of the Sahara |
| Desertification |
The changing of a semi-arid climate to an arid climate or a desert |
| Tsetse Fly |
an insect that carries a human diseases that prevents herding and framing in east Africa |
| Biodiversity |
An area that has many different kinds of vegetation like Madagascar SA |
| Pharaohs |
Rulers of kingdoms along the Nile river delta in Egypt |
| Hieroglyphs |
A system of writing developed by the Egyptians |
| Ivory |
Made from the tusks of elephants, lead to a great deal of ports and trading in east Africa |
| Afrikaners |
mostly Dutch settlers who settled in |
| Apartheid |
The legal separation of racesSanctions: Penalties intended to force a country to change a policy |
| African National Congress |
founded in 1912 it was the primary institution that fought the policies of the SA government led by Nelson Mandela |
| Berbers |
The original inhabitants of North Africa |
| Staple Crop |
A crop that is the main food source for a region |
| Millet and Sorghum |
Two staple crops in west and central Africa |
| Dual economies |
an economy in which some goods are produced for export while other goods are produced for local consumption |
| Gum Arabic |
a resource found in the Sudan that is used as a binder in candy and medicine |
| Genocide |
The international destruction of a people Rwanda in 1994 |
| Informal Sector |
Operating businesses in nontraditional ways, such as repairing cars on the side of the road with portable tools |