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GEO Africa
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Delta | An area where sand, silt, clay, or gravel is dropped at the mouth of a river |
| Silt | Small particles of rich soil |
| Wadi | A dry riverbed that fills with water when rare rains falls in a desert |
| Erg | A large area of sand |
| Nomad | A person who lives by moving from place to place to follow and hunt herds of migrating animals or to lead heard of grazing animals to fresh pastures |
| Phosphate | A chemical salt used to make fertilzer |
| Aquifer | An underground layer of rock through which water flows |
| Pharaohs | The name for a powerful ruler in ancient Egypt |
| Myrrh | A sweet perfume used as medicine in ancient times |
| Hieroglyphics | The system of writing that uses small pictures to represents sounds of words |
| Convert | To change from one thing to another: to change religions |
| Monotheism | The belief in one god |
| Caliph | The successor to Muhammad |
| Regime | A style of government |
| Fundamentalists | A person who believes in the strict strict interpretation of religious laws |
| Civil War | A fight between opposing groups for control of a country's government |
| Souk | A large open air market in North Africian and Southwest Asian countries |
| Fellaheen | The peasant farmer of Egypt who rent small plots of land |
| Couscous | A small, round grain used in North African and Southwest Asain cooking |
| Diversified | Increased variety to achieve a balance |
| Constitution | A document setting forth the structure and powers of a government and the rights of people in a country |
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