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Vocabulary chapters 24-27

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Term
Definition
show The region in Africa just south of the Sahara  
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show The system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw material  
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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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show A tropical grassland with scattered trees located in the warm lands near the Equator  
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oral history   show
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show The practice of moving flockes to different pastures throughout the year  
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leaching   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 In egypt a system by which water and silt were controlled by embankments and timed reased to irrigate farmlands  
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show A natural or artifical lake used to collect water for human needs  
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sand storm   show
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show An irrigation system that provides necessary water to the land though out the year  
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show An open air market; a street lined with shops and stalls  
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show wealth in the form of money or property owned or used in business  
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show A unusually dry riverbed or gulley that holds water in case of a sudden downpoor  
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caravan   show
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medina   show
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souk   show
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fellaheen   show
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shifting agriculture   show
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forage   show
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deforestation   show
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show The transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through human intervention  
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show A person who flees his or her country to escape danger or unfair treatment  
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landlocked   show
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inland delta   show
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coup   show
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show The belief that respoect and honoring ones ancestor will cause them to live 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 of spirits  
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WOrld bank International MOnetary Fund   show
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structural adjustment program   show
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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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barter   show
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harambee   show
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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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show Importance of a place or thing for nations planning military actions  
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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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