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Chapter 26-27 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Shifting agriculture | Site is cleared, prepared, and used to grow crops |
Forage | Food for grazing animals |
Deforestation | Over stripping trees from the land. |
Desertification | Loss of all vegetation |
Refugee | Person who flees his or her home to escape danger or unfair treatment |
Landlocked | Nation cut off from the sea |
Inland delta | areas of lakes, creeks, and swamps away from the sea |
Coup | Sudden political takeover |
Ancestor worship | Belief in the spirits of the dead |
Animism | Ordinary things in the environment are believed to be a type of god. |
World bank | Give loans to countries |
International Monetary Fund | Give loans to countries |
Structural Adjustment program | set of guidlines |
Watershed | Dividing ridge between two basins |
Mercenaries | hired soldiers |
Barter | Exchange of goods without the use of money |