click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Set 5 #4 Africa
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| savanna | a grassland in a tropical or semi-tropical area |
| desertification | the process by which various types of land become desert. |
| tropical rainforest | A forest where it rains nearly every day. |
| Apartheid | A policy of discrimination in South Africa based on race and color of skin. |
| Nelson Mandela | Led the fight against apartheid; spent 26 years in prison;first black president of South Africa . |
| Aids | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a serious, often fatal disease. |
| Subsistence Farming | When you grow only enough food to feed your family. |
| Genocide | The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group |
| Animist Religion | Usually a traditional religion that teaches all natural objects and forces have spirits . |
| Corrupt | Lacking integrity, being dishonest or immoral. |
| HIV | The virus that causes AIDS. |
| Sanction | A penalty or pressure to get a country to change its policies. |
| Famine | Widespread scarcity of food. |
| segregated | When people are forced to be separated from others in a society because of their race. |
| refugee | A person who flees his or her county to escape violence of war. |
| civil war | A war within the same country. |