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24-27 Vocab
24, 25, 26, 27 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sahel | region in Africa just south of Sahara |
| Colonialism | system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw material and markets for their products |
| Plateau | elevated blocks of land with flat or gently rolling surfaces |
| Escarpment | steep slope or cliff |
| Chaparral | drought-resistant brush |
| Savanna | a grassland with scattered trees |
| Oral History | History passed down by word of the mouth |
| Nomadic Herding | herders move their flocks to different pastures throughout the year |
| Leaching | the dessolving and washing away of nutrients |
| Land Degradation | reduction in the productive potinetal of land |
| Population Density | Average number of people in a given unit area |
| Delta | land formed by soil in the water that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea |
| Fellaheen | An Egyptian peaseant |
| Sandstorm | a storm that blows hot air, dust, and grit into the air |
| Bazaar | a traditional Arab open-air market |
| Basin Irrigation | long built walls around a feild to trap in the good soil and silt |
| Resevoir | A natural or artificial lake |
| Perennial Irrigation | irragation system that provides water to the land all throughout the year |
| Capital | Money ivested in building and supporting new industries |
| Wadi | a cut accross a land |
| Caravan | large group of merchants who join together to travel in safety |
| Medina | Older Arab sections of a city |
| Souk | Market area in a city |
| Shifting Agriculture | a practice of farming the soil until it is exhausted |
| Forage | food grazing animals |
| Deforestation | the trees being stripped from land |
| Desertification | the extension of the desert due to humans |
| Refugee | a person who flees from home to other places to escape to freedom |
| Landlocked | a nation cut off from the sea |
| Inland Delta | an area of lakes and creeks |
| Coup | a sudden political takeover |
| Ancestor Worship | beleif that honoring and worshiping ones ancestor will cause them to live in the spirit world after death |
| Animism | ordinairy things contain a spirit which deserves worship |
| World Bank | agencies of the United Nations that give loans to countries for developing projects |
| International Monetary Fund | agencies of the United Nations that give loans to countries for developing projects |
| Structural adjustment Program | a set of guidlines that that is supposed to make a countries economy work |
| Watershed | a dividing ridge between two basins |
| Mercenary | hired soldiers |
| Barter | the exchange of goods without the use of koney |
| Harambee | Individuals and companies working to improve Kenyas economy |
| pyrethrum | a pesticide |
| malnutrition | a desease by not havng a healthy diet |
| Strategic value | the value of location to nations planning large-scale military actions |
| Ethnocracy | a government in which one ethnic group rules over others |
| Villigization | forced to move into towns and work on collective farms |
| apartheid | Apartness, a system created by the whites |
| segregation | forced to live apart |
| sanction | actions that punish a country of which the international Community doesnt approve |
| Enclave | completely sorrounded by the larger country |
| White Flight | departure of the trained whote administrators and technicians |
| Land Redstribution | land is taken from those with plenty, and given to those with little or none |
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