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Africa Geo Terms
Question | Answer |
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Erg | High shifting dunes in a desert basin |
Reg | A desert basin where the sand has been blown away leavening a gravel covered plain |
Depressions | Large low areas in the Sahara Desert |
Wadis | Dry streambeds that only fill up during heavy |
Sahel | A region of semi-arid climate along the southern edge of the Sahara |
Desertification | The changing of a semi-arid climate to an arid climate or a desert |
Tsetse Fly | an insect that carries a human diseases that prevents herding and framing in east Africa |
Biodiversity | An area that has many different kinds of vegetation like Madagascar SA |
Pharaohs | Rulers of kingdoms along the Nile river delta in Egypt |
Hieroglyphs | A system of writing developed by the Egyptians |
Ivory | Made from the tusks of elephants, lead to a great deal of ports and trading in east Africa |
Afrikaners | mostly Dutch settlers who settled in |
Apartheid | The legal separation of racesSanctions: Penalties intended to force a country to change a policy |
African National Congress | founded in 1912 it was the primary institution that fought the policies of the SA government led by Nelson Mandela |
Berbers | The original inhabitants of North Africa |
Staple Crop | A crop that is the main food source for a region |
Millet and Sorghum | Two staple crops in west and central Africa |
Dual economies | an economy in which some goods are produced for export while other goods are produced for local consumption |
Gum Arabic | a resource found in the Sudan that is used as a binder in candy and medicine |
Genocide | The international destruction of a people Rwanda in 1994 |
Informal Sector | Operating businesses in nontraditional ways, such as repairing cars on the side of the road with portable tools |