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Geography of Africa
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Atlas Mountains | run along the coast of North Africa in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia |
| sub-Saharan Africa | region of Africa that is located south of the Sahara Desert |
| nomad | someone who does not lead a settled life but moves from place to place, usually seeking pasture or water for herds of grazing animals |
| subsistence farming | farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer's family, with little or nothing left over to sell |
| ethnic group | a group of people who share common characteristics, such as language, physical appearance, customs, and traditions |
| religious group | a group of people who share a common belief system but are not necessarily composed of a single ethnic group |
| Arab | most common ethnic group in northern Africa |
| Ashanti | ethnic group that lives mainly in the African country of Ghana |
| Bantu | ethnic group that originated from a group of tribes in Africa more than 4,000 years ago |
| Swahili | ethnic group that lives in southeastern Africa |
| Christian | religious group of Chrisitianity |
| Muslim | religious group of Islam |
| deforestation | removal of trees and other vegetation to make land available for other uses |
| desertification | the transformation of land once suitable for agriculture into a desert |
| irrigation | the artificial supply of water to agricultural land; it is practiced by more than half the farmers in the world because they need more water for their crops than is available from rainfall |
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