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Geography Quiz
Geography quiz 12/16/16
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tectonic Plates | a section of earth's crust that floats on earth's mantle |
| Land Locked | surrounded on a ll sides by land, with no direct access to a seacoast |
| Deforestation | The practice of cutting down forests for crops or urban use |
| Savannas | grassland |
| Hydroelectric Power | a source of energy that uses flowing water to produce enegry |
| Rift Vallies | a deep valley formed when Earth's crust separated (East Africa) |
| Rain Forest | a forest with warm temperatures, high humidity, and thick vegetation that receives more than 100 inches of rain each year |
| Basins | a region drained by a river system |
| Missionaries | a person sent by a religious organization to convert others to that religion |
| Malaria | a serious disease caused by a mosquito |
| Mineral Resources | Gold, daimond, copper, silver |
| Segregation | separation buy race |
| Refugee | a person who flees a place to find safety |
| Ethnic Group | a group of people who share a common culture, language, and sometimes racial heritatge |
| Failed State | a country in which government, economic institutions, and order have broke down |
| Pandemic | an outbreak of disease that spreads over a wide geographical area |
| Epidemic | an out break of disease affecting a great number of population in a particular community |
| Apartheid Cause | In 1902, after wars, British and Dutch took over and split up African into black and white territories (blacks had less rights) |
| Apartheid Effects | Blacks had worse and less land even though there were more of them. Whites had better jobs and some places blacks couldn't enter without a reason. |
| Colonialism Cause | When Europeans colonized Africa they made new borders these were not good for Africans |
| Colonialism Effect | Enemies were together and friends were apart they also led to wars |
| Desertification Cause | caused by many factors including climate change and overpopulation |
| Desertification Effect | places change into desert |
| Conflicts in Africa Today | cival wars, health, segregation (colonialism, poverty, apartheid old) |
| Diseases in Africa Today Cause | poverty, bad economy |
| Diseases in Africa Today Effect | Malaria, Ebola, make people die and make population low |
| Natural Resources | Helped the economy a lot and people can have wealth |
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