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If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. 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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