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Vocabulary

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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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Plateu   show
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show A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations  
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Chaparral   show
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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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Nomadic Herding   show
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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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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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Fellaheen   show
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show A windstorm that blows hot air,dust and grit  
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Bazaar   show
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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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show An irrigation system that provides necessary water to the land throughout the year  
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show Wealth in the form of money or property owned or used in business  
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show A usually dry riverbed or gully that temporarily holds water from a sudden downpour  
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Caravan   show
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show The old section of a North African City, usually centered around a mosque  
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show A market in an Arab community  
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Shifting Agriculture   show
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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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Landlocked   show
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Inland Delta   show
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Coup   show
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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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World Bank   show
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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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Pyrethrum   show
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Malnutrition   show
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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 which rural people are forced to move to towns and work on collective farms  
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show A system of government in which one ethnic group rules over others  
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show Formerly in the Republic of South Africa, the policy of strict racial segregation  
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Segregation   show
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Sanction   show
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Enclave   show
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show The departure of white people from a region  
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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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