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African Vocab.
Chapters 18-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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