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Geography Africa

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Term
Definition
strategic value   show
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ethnocracy   show
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show forcing rural people to move into towns and work on collective farms  
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show a swahili word which means 'pulling together'  
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show a pesticide made by flowers, specifically a cash crop of kenya  
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malnutrition   show
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show a sudden political takeover  
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ancestor worship   show
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animism   show
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shifting agriculture   show
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show food for grazing animals  
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show the stripping of land of its trees, especially prominent in the sahel  
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desertification   show
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refugee   show
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landlocked   show
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inland delta   show
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show agencies of the united nations that gives loans to countries for development projects  
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structural adjustment program   show
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show a central ridge dividing two river basins  
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show a person not from a country who fights for this country, fighting involving them existed in democratic republic of congo for years  
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show when people exchange goods instead of money  
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enclave   show
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white flight   show
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show process where land is taken from those who have plenty and given to those who have little or none  
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apartheid   show
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segregation   show
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sanctions   show
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colonialism (definition)   show
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show by force, sometimes trickery, sometimes by "agreement", racism played a role  
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colonialism (effects)   show
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show 1884-1885, european conference that divided africa into colonial territories, little regard for ethnic groups or culture, many rivers as borders  
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colonial benefits to africans   show
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colonial detriments to africans   show
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show growth of cities, high child and maternal mortality rate, low life expectancy complicated by AIDS, not densely populated  
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show spending on education and food falling bc healthcare, over 14 million orphans, those with farms spend less time farming so make less money  
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AIDS impact on education   show
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show over 25 million have died  
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show companies reduction of production bc less workers, most productive members of society more likely to be diseased  
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nomadic herding   show
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escarpment   show
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show the dissolving and washing away of nutrients in the soil  
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show a type of natural vegetation that is adapted to mediterranean climates, small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub  
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show history passed down by word of mouth  
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show a tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near the equator  
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show an area of high, flat land  
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show the region in africa just south of the sahara  
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land degradation   show
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population density   show
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