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Chapter 26-27 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Shifting agriculture | Site is cleared, prepared, and used to grow crops |
| Forage | Food for grazing animals |
| Deforestation | Over stripping trees from the land. |
| Desertification | Loss of all vegetation |
| Refugee | Person who flees his or her home to escape danger or unfair treatment |
| Landlocked | Nation cut off from the sea |
| Inland delta | areas of lakes, creeks, and swamps away from the sea |
| Coup | Sudden political takeover |
| Ancestor worship | Belief in the spirits of the dead |
| Animism | Ordinary things in the environment are believed to be a type of god. |
| World bank | Give loans to countries |
| International Monetary Fund | Give loans to countries |
| Structural Adjustment program | set of guidlines |
| Watershed | Dividing ridge between two basins |
| Mercenaries | hired soldiers |
| Barter | Exchange of goods without the use of money |