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Africa TEKS Vocab.
Vocabulary from worksheet for Fri. 2/27 test
Term | Definition |
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Desertification | the process by which land that can be farmed or lived on turns into desert (due to climate change, erosion, peoples'actions,...) |
Subsistence Farming | A method of farming in which people grow food mainly to feed their households rather than to sell. |
Apartheid | An official policy of racial separation formerly practiced in South Africa. |
Push-Pull Factor | Factors that push and pull people to migrate. Advantages such as jobs pull people to a region, disadvantages such as war push people away from a region. |
Refugees | People who flee a country because of war, disaster, or persecution. Refugees seek a refuge (safe place) to stay. |
Drought | An extended period of time with little or no rainfall. |
Famine | A drastic wide-reaching food shortage over an extended period of time. |
Dictator | A person who has complete control over a country's government- an unlimited government. |
Cash Crop | Crops grown for sale. |
Segregation | Separation of one racial group from another. |
An example of segregation that took place in South Africa was called_________. | Apartheid |