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Africa vocab
Africa vocab cont.
egyptian farmer   fellaheen  
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open air markets   bazaars  
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the rulers of ancient egypt   pharoahs  
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basin irrigation   an old system by which water and silt was contorolled by embankments and time released to irrigate farmlands  
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reservoir   an artificial lake  
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perennial irrigation   an irrigation system that provides necessary water to the land throughout the year  
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capital   money that is invested in building and supporting new imdustries  
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wadis   a gully, or usually dry riverbed, cut in the earth by running water after a downpour in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa  
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caravans   large groups of merchants who have joined together to travel in safety  
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medinas   the old section of a North African city, usually centered around a mosque  
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souks   market areas  
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shifting agriculture   a typoe of agriculture in which a site is prepared and used to grow crops for a year or two, at which point the farmer moves onto a new site  
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forage   food for grazing animals  
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deforestation   overharvested land that is stripped of its trees  
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desertification   the loss of all vegetation  
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refugee   a person who flees to escape his/her home to escape danger or unfair treatment  
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land-locked   a nation that is cut off from the sea  
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inland delta   an area of lakes, creeks, and swamps away from the ocean  
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coups   sudden political takeovers  
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ancestor worship   the belif that respecting and honoring one's ancestors will cause them to liveon in the spirit world after death  
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animism   teh religious belief that such things as the sky, rivers, and trees contain spirit, or soul  
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