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Vocabulary Fill In The Blanks

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Term: Definition: The region in Africa just south of the
Term: ColonialismDefinition: The system by which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw materials and markets for products
Term: PlateauDefinition: An area of high, flat
Term: Definition: A steep that sparates two level areas of differing elevations
Term: ChaparralDefinition: A type of natural begetation that is to Mediterranean climates; small evergreen trees and low bushes, or scrub
Term: Definition: A tropical grassland with scattered trees located in the warm lands near the
Term: Oral Definition: History down by word of mouth
Term: HerdingDefinition: The practice of moving flocks to different throughout the year
Term: LeachingDefinition: The dissolving and washing away of nutrients in the
Term: Land Definition: Reduction in the potential of the land
Term: Population Definition: The average number of people living in a area
Term: Definition: The land that forms at the mouth of some rivers by soil that is dropped as the slows and enters the sea
Term: FellaheenDefinition: peasants (sing.fellah)
Term: Definition: A windstorm that hot air, dust, and grit
Term: Definition: An open-air market; a street with shops and stalls
Term: IrrigationDefinition: In Egypt, a system by which water and silt were controlled by embankments and time-realeased to farmlands
Term: Definition: A natural or artificial lake used to water for human needs
Term: IrrigationDefinition: An irrigation system that provides necessary to the land throughout the year
Term: Definition: Wealth in the form of or property owned or used in business
Term: Wadi Definition: A usually dry riverbed or that temporarily holds water from a sudden downpour
Term: Definition: A group of merchants who join together to travel in safety
Term: Definition: The old section of a North African city, usually centered a mosque
Term: SoukDefinition: A market in an Arab
Term: Shifting Definition: The practive of farming a site until the soil is , then moving on to a new site
Term: ForageDefinition: Food for animals
Term: Definition: The process of stripping the land of its
Term: DesertificationDefinition: The transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through intervention
Term: Definition: A person who flees his or her country to danger or unfair treatment
Term: Definition: or entirely surrounded by land; cut off form the sea
Term: DeltaDefinition: A dea that is almost completely by land
Term: Definition: The sudden overthrow of a ruler or government, often involving force or the threat of force
Term: Ancestor Definition: The belief that respecting and honoring one's ancestors will cause them to live on in the world after death
Term: Definition: The religious that such things as the sky, rivers, and trees contain gods or spirits
Term: BankDefinition: An agency of the United Nations that provides to cuntries for development projects
Term: International Monetary Definition: An agency of the United Nations that loans to countries for development projects
Term: Structural Adjustment Definition: A program to reform the structure of an
Term: Definition: A dividing ridge two basins
Term: Definition: A professional hired byy a foreign country
Term: BarterDefinition: The exchange of without money
Term: HarambeeDefinition: A policy of cooperation adopted in after independence to encourage economic growth
Term: PyrethrumDefinition: A pesicide produced from certain
Term: MalnutritionDefinition: Disease caused by a lack of food or an diet
Term: Strategic Definition: Importance of a place or thing for nations planning actions
Term: EthnocracyDefinition: A system of government in which one group rules over others
Term: Definition: A movement by which rural people are forced to move to towns and work on collective farms
Term: Definition: Formerly in the Republic of South Africa, the policy of racial segregation
Term: Definition: The separation of the
Term: SanctionDefinition: An action taken by the international community to a country for unacceptable behaviors
Term: EnclaveDefinition: A completely surrounded by another country
Term: FlightDefinition: The deparute of white people from a
Term: Land Definition: A policy by which land is from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none
 
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