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Unit 6 Africa vocab

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Escarpment   Cliff, steppe, resulting from erosion  
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Canopy   Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees  
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Askum   An important East African center of trade  
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Islam   The religious faith of muslims  
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Bantu Migration   The movement of the Bantu peoples southward throughout Africa, spreading their language and culture from around 500 B.C. to around A.D. 1000  
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Nelson Mandela   ANC leader imprisoned by Afrikaner regime; released in 1990 and elected as president for South Africa in 1994  
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Malaria   This disease is commonly associated with poverty and is spread by mosquitoes. Each year 1-3 million mostly in Sub- Saharan Africa die of this disease and hundreds of millions are effected  
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Rift Valley   A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart  
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Oasis   A fertile place where there is water and vegetation  
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Berlin Conference   A meeting from 1884- 1885 at which representatives of European nations agreed on rules colonization of Africa  
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Rai   A style of music fusing Arabic and Algerian folk elements with Western rock  
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Fang Sculpture   Carved boxes containing the skulls  
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