180 Days - Africa Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
large area of grasslands | savanna |
elevated area of flat land | plateau |
very dry grasslands with few trees, located near deserts | steppe |
dry riverbed | wadi |
waterfall or rapids | cataract |
a triangular deposit of soil formed at the mouth of some rivers | delta |
vast forested areas in western and central Africa that receive more than 100 inches of rainfall per year | tropical rain forest |
thick growth of plants found on the forest floor in tropical rain forests | jungle |
nomadic Arabs living I'm desert areas that travel with their flocks following grazing areas | Bedouins |
a point of land that juts out into the water | cape |
ancient Egyptian form of writing | hieroglyphics |
a plant the Egyptians used to make baskets, boxes, mats, sandals, furniture, and paper | papyrus |
a high official, second in command to the pharaoh | vizier |
a ruling family | dynasty |
the process of preserving dead bodies | mummification |
a group of people who are descended from a common ancestor | clan |
two or more clans living together in a community | tribe |
poems, songs, or stories that are passed from one generation to the next by word of mouth | oral tradition |
the building of empires by a nation | imperialism |
doing away with or putting an end to something | abolition |
people of Dutch, German, or Huguenot descent who lived in South Africa | Boers |
the eating of human flesh | cannibalism |
a person who draws maps | cartographer |
believing in more than one god | polytheism |
believing in only one god | monotheism |
attributing conscious life to objects in nature | animism |
a mixture of Arabic, Persian, Indian, and native African languages | Swahili |
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