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Vocabulary chapters 24-27

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Term
Definition
Sahel   show
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show The system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw material  
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Plateau   show
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show A steep cliff that separates two areas of level elevation  
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chaparral   show
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savanna   show
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oral history   show
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nomadic hearding   show
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leaching   show
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landegredation   show
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show The average number of people living in a given area  
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show The land formed at the mouth of soom rievers  
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basin irrigation   show
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reservoir   show
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show A windstorm that blows hot air dust and grit  
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show An irrigation system that provides necessary water to the land though out the year  
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bazaar   show
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show wealth in the form of money or property owned or used in business  
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wadi   show
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caravan   show
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medina   show
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show A market in an Arab community  
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fellaheen   show
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show The practice of farming a site until the soil is exhausted  
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forage   show
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show The process of stripping land for 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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animism   show
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show An agency fo the UN that provides loans to the countries for development  
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structural adjustment program   show
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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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pyrethrum   show
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malnutrition   show
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strategic value   show
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show A political movement by whcih rural people are forced to move to towns and work on collective farms  
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show A system of governemnt in which one ethnic group rules over others  
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