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Geo Ch 19 Voc
World Geography Chapter 19 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fossils containing the most continuous known record of humanity. | Olduvai Gorge |
| the first human creatures to make stone tools. | Homo habilis |
| important trading capital that is from Ethiopia. | Aksum |
| 14 European nations met to make rules for dividing Africa. | Berlin Conference |
| a crop grown for direct sale. | Cash crops |
| East African ethnic group that lived on the grasslands in Kenya and Tanzania. | Masai |
| are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. | Kikuyu |
| is an uncontrollable outbreak. | Pandemic |
| a disease caused by HIV that breaks down the immune system. | AIDS |
| causes the disease AIDS and often takes years to develop.causes the disease AIDS and often takes years to develop. | HIV |
| an extreme and long-term shortage of food. | Famine |
| one of the great empires of Africa located on the coast of the Mediterranean. | Carthage |
| a place where ideas and inventions come together to change a region. | Cultural Hearth |
| its another name for Egypt. | “Gift of the Nile” |
| a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Muhammad. | Islam |
| another name for oil. | Black Gold |
| north African market places, | Souks |
| old section of a North African town or city. | Medina |
| popular Algerian developed by poor urban children as a form of rebellion to expose political unhappiness. | Rai |
| off the coast of Senegal that served as a major departure point for slaves. | Goree Island |
| war chief. | Ghana |
| one in which people use lineages or families whose members are descended from a common ancestor, to govern themselves. | Stateless Society |
| a people who lived in west Africa known for the weaving of colorful kente cloth. | Ashanti |
| cloth contains colorful woven geometric figures with specific meanings. | Kente Cloth |
| celebrates the end of the year’s harvest in India. | Sankranti |
| the movement of the bantu peoples southward throughout Africa. | Bantu Migrations |
| the Belgian king who opened up the African interior to European trade along the Congo River. | King Leopold II |
| the leader of Saire, which is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, brought the country’s businesses under national control. | Mobutu Sese Seko |
| carved boxes containing the skulls and bones of deceased ancestors. | Fang sculpture |
| that came from the republic of Congo and usually causes death very shortly. | Ebola virus |
| a city in what is now Zimbabwe that became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area. | Great Zimbabwe |
| a state that extended throughout all of present-day Zimbabwe except the eastern part. | Mutapa Empire |
| a policy of complete separation of the races. | Apartheid |
| elected South African president in 1994 in the first all-race election. | Nelson Mandela |
| dance that reflects their traditional religious beliefs of a group in South Africa. | Qule wa mkulu |
| a dance performed by healers who wish to cure people of sickness. | Vimbuza |
| dance performed by Yao warriors poked fun at the European desire to march and have parades. | Benji dance |
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P.V.A.
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