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African Vocab.
Chapters 18-20
Question | Answer |
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a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. | escarpment |
waterfalls making large portions of a river impassable. | cateracts |
huge stores of underground water. | aquifer |
in the rain forest the canopy is the uppermost layer of branches, about 150 feet high, and most of the animals in the rain forest live in the canopy. | canopy |
the spreading or expansion of the desert. | desertification |
sediment carried by a river. | silt |
crops like coffee, tea, and sugar which are grown for direct sale. | cash crops |
an uncontrollable outbreak of a disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area. | pandemic |
marketplaces that are common in North Africa. | souks |
complete separation of the races. A form of segreagation in South Africa. | apartheid |
an agriculture or mining product that can be sold. | commodity |
a way to pass history of culture from one generation to another generation by the older people telling stories. | oral traditions |
people displaced from their homes or homelands. | refugee |
an extreme and long-term shortage of food. | famine |
African language mostly spoken in Eastern Africa. | Swahili |