Africa Geo Terms
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| Erg | High shifting dunes in a desert basin
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| Reg | A desert basin where the sand has been blown away leavening a gravel covered plain
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| Depressions | Large low areas in the Sahara Desert
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| Wadis | Dry streambeds that only fill up during heavy
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| Sahel | A region of semi-arid climate along the southern edge of the Sahara
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| Desertification | The changing of a semi-arid climate to an arid climate or a desert
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| Tsetse Fly | an insect that carries a human diseases that prevents herding and framing in east Africa
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| Biodiversity | An area that has many different kinds of vegetation like Madagascar SA
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| Pharaohs | Rulers of kingdoms along the Nile river delta in Egypt
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| Hieroglyphs | A system of writing developed by the Egyptians
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| Ivory | Made from the tusks of elephants, lead to a great deal of ports and trading in east Africa
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| Afrikaners | mostly Dutch settlers who settled in
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| Apartheid | The legal separation of racesSanctions: Penalties intended to force a country to change a policy
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| African National Congress | founded in 1912 it was the primary institution that fought the policies of the SA government led by Nelson Mandela
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| Berbers | The original inhabitants of North Africa
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| Staple Crop | A crop that is the main food source for a region
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| Millet and Sorghum | Two staple crops in west and central Africa
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| Dual economies | an economy in which some goods are produced for export while other goods are produced for local consumption
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| Gum Arabic | a resource found in the Sudan that is used as a binder in candy and medicine
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| Genocide | The international destruction of a people Rwanda in 1994
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| Informal Sector | Operating businesses in nontraditional ways, such as repairing cars on the side of the road with portable tools
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