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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| show | The system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw materials and markets for their products.
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| show | An area of high, flat land.
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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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| Savanna | show 🗑
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| Oral History | show 🗑
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| show | The practice of moving flocks to different pastures throughout the year.
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| Leching | show 🗑
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| show | Reduction in the productive potential of the land.
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| show | The average number of people living in a given area.
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| Delta | show 🗑
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| show | Egyptian peasants (sing. fellah).
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| show | A windstorm that blows hot air, dust, and grit.
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| show | An open-air market; a street lined with shops and stalls.
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| Basin Irrigation | show 🗑
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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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| show | A large group of merchants who join together to travel in safety.
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| Souk | show 🗑
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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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| show | Food for grazing animals.
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| show | The process of stripping the land of its trees.
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| Desertification | show 🗑
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| show | A person who flees his or her country to escape danger or unfair treatment.
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| show | Almost or entirely surrounded by land; cut off from the sea.
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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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| Ancestor Worship | show 🗑
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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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| show | An agency of the United Nations that provides loans to countries for development projects.
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| show | An agency of the United Nations that provides loans to countries for development projects.
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| show | A program to reform the structure of an economy.
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| show | A dividing ridge between two basins.
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| show | A professional soldier hired by a foreign country.
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| show | The exchange of goods without money.
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| show | A policy of cooperation adopted in Kenya after independence to encourage economic growth.
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| Pyrethrum | show 🗑
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| Malnutrition | show 🗑
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| Strategic Value | show 🗑
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| Ethnocracy | show 🗑
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| show | A political movement by which rural people are forced to move to towns and work on collective farms.
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| show | Formerly in the Republic of South Africa,the policy of strict racial segregation.
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| show | The separation of the races.
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| show | An action taken by the international community to punish a country for unacceptable behaviors.
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| Enclave | show 🗑
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| White Flight | show 🗑
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| show | A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none.
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| Medina | show 🗑
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