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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  


   


 

 

 

 

 

 
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