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Chap 17 Vocabulary
practice your ch. 17 vocabulary definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plateau | a raised area of relatively flat land |
| desertification | the process by which land that can be farmed or lived on turns into desert |
| drought | a long period of time without rain |
| savanna | a flat grassland in a tropical or subtropical region with scattered trees and shrubs |
| nonrenewable resource | a resource that cannot be replaced or that can be replaced only over millions of years |
| renewable resource | a resource that can be used and replaced over a relatively short period of time |
| paleontologist | a scientist who studies fossils |
| Bantu migration | the gradual spreading of the Bantu across Africa over 2,000 years |
| missionary | a person who goes to another country to do religious and social work |
| racism | the belief that one race is inferior to another |
| diversity | variety of cultures and viewpoints |
| apartheid | an official policy of racial separation formerly practiced in South Africa |