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Ch. 14 Sect. 2 Vocab
Sub-Saharan Africa Today
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mineral | a solid natural substance found in rocks and Earth that is inorganic and has its own set of properties |
| commodity | a material or good that can be bought, sold, or traded |
| coup | a sudden, illegal takeover of government by force |
| famine | a long period of food shortage |
| erosion | the process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart and are worn away |
| legume | peas or beans |
| microcredit | a small loan of money |
| epidemic | an outbreak of a disease affecting a great number of the population in a particular community |
| pandemic | an outbreak of a disease that spreads over a wide geographic area |
| vaccine | a treatment to increase immunity to a particular disease |
| infectious | capable of spreading rapidly to others |
| refugee | a person who flees a place to find safety |
| clan | a large family-based unit with loyalty to the group |
| failed state | a country in which government, economic institutions, and order have broken down |
| segregation | separation by race |
| apartheid | the legal separation of the races; a system that denied black South Africans their rights |
| homeland | during Apartheid, separate areas within South Africa where black South Africans were forced to live |
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