chapter 26 and 27 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
shifting agriculture | a form of agriculture, used especially in tropical Africa |
forage | a wide search over an area in order to obtain something, especially food or provisions. |
deforestation | to destroy forest |
desertification | the process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture. |
refugee | a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. |
landlocked | a country or state not touching water, but surrounded by land. |
island delta | an area of lakes creeks and swamps away from the ocean. |
coup | sudden political takeover. |
ancestor worship | the belief in the spirits of the dead. |
animism | the belief that ordinary things in nature contain spirits and gods. |
world bank | give loans to countries for development projects |
international monatary fund | give loans to countries for development projects |
structural adjustment program | set of guidlines that is supposed to make a country's economy work better. |
watershed | dividing ridge between two basins. |
mercenary | hired soldiers |
barter | exchange of goods without money |
harambee | pulling together |
pyrethrum | a pesticide |
malnutrition | disease caused by not having a healthy diet. |
strategic value | the value of the location to nations planning a large scale military attack. |
ethnocracy | government where one ethnic group rules over others. |
villagization | forced to move into towns and work on collective farms |
apartheid | apartness |
segregation | forced to live apart |
sanction | actions that punished a country for behavior that the community does not approve. |
enclave | completely surrounded by larger country |
white flight | departure of white administrators and technitions |
land redistribution |
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