Chapters 24-27 Vocabulary
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Sahel | show 🗑
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| Colonialism | show 🗑
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| Plateau | show 🗑
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| Escarpment | show 🗑
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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 | A tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near the Equator.
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| show | History passed down by word of mouth.
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| show | The practice of moving flocks to different pastures throughout the year.
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| show | The dissolving and washing away of nutrients in the soil.
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| show | Reduction in the productive potential of the land.
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| Population Density | show 🗑
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| show | The land that forms at the mouth of some rivers by soil that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea.
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| show | Egyptian peasants (sing. fellah).
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| Sandstorm | show 🗑
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| show | An open-air market; a street lined with shops and stalls.
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| show | In Egypt, a system by which water and silt were controlled by embankments and time-released to irrigate farmlands.
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| show | A natural or artificial lake used to collect water for human needs.
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| Perennial Irrigation | show 🗑
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| Capital | show 🗑
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| Wadi | show 🗑
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| Caravan | show 🗑
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| show | A market in an Arab community.
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| show | The practice of farming a site until the soil is exhausted, then moving on to a new site.
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| Forage | show 🗑
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| Deforestation | show 🗑
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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 | The sudden overthrow of a ruler or government, often involving violent force or the threat of force.
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| show | The belief that respecting and honoring one's ancestors will cause them to live on in the spirit world after death.
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| show | The religious belief that such things as the sky, rivers, and trees contain gods or spirits.
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| World Bank | show 🗑
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| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | show 🗑
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| show | A program to reform the structure of an economy.
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| Watershed | show 🗑
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| show | A professional soldier hired by a foreign country.
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| Barter | show 🗑
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| show | A policy of cooperation adopted in Kenya after independence to encourage economic growth.
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| show | A pesticide produced from certain flowers.
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| show | Disease caused by a lack of food or an unbalanced diet.
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| Strategic Value | show 🗑
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| show | A system of government in which one ethnic group rules over others.
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| Villagization | show 🗑
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| Apartheid | show 🗑
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| show | The separation of the races.
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| Sanction | show 🗑
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| show | A country completely surrounded by another country.
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| White Flight | show 🗑
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| Land Redistribution | show 🗑
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| show | The old section of a North African city, usually centered around a mosque.
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To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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