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Sub-Saharan Africa Geography & History

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agricultural revoution   a period in which humans began to grow crops instead o gathering plants  
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first language   the language learned by the children of a people  
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caravan   a group of merchants traveling together for safety  
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lingua franca   the common language among several groups of people  
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trans-Saharan   across the Sahara desert  
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alluvial   describing the sediment deposited by a river  
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city-state   an independent state made up of a city and the territories depending on it  
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trans-Atlantic slave trade   the business of trading slaves taken from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas starting in the 1500s  
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malnutrition   the lack of enough food or nourishment  
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imperialism   the practice of extending an nation's influence by controlling other territories  
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colonialism   the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit  
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missionary   a person sent by a religious organization to convert others to that religion  
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