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Vocabulary

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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 materials and markets for their products  
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Plateu   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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Savanna   show
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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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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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Reservior   show
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Perennial Irrigation   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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show The old section of a North African City, usually centered around a mosque  
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Souk   show
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Shifting Agriculture   show
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show Food for grazing animals  
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Deforestation   show
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show The process of stripping the land of its trees  
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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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Ancestor Worship   show
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Animism   show
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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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Mercentary   show
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show The exchange of goods without money  
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Harambee   show
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Pyrethrum   show
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show Disease caused by lack of food or an unbalanced diet  
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Strategic Value   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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Ethnocracy   show
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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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Sanction   show
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Enclave   show
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White Flight   show
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Land Redistribution   show
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