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24, 25, 26, 27 Vocab

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