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Chapter 24-27 Vocab.

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show The region in Africa just south of the Sahara.  
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Colonialism.   show
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Plateau.   show
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show A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations.  
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Chaparral.   show
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Savanna.   show
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Oral history.   show
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Nomadic herding.   show
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show The dissolving and washing away of nutrients in the soil.  
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show Reduction in the productive potential of the land.  
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show The average number of people living in a given area.  
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show The land that forms at the mouth of some rivers by soil that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea.  
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Fellaheen.   show
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show A windstorm that blows hot air, dust, and grit.  
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show An open-air market; a street lined with shops and stalls.  
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show In Egypt, a system by which water and silt were controlled by embankments and time-release to irrigate farmlands.  
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Reservoir.   show
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Perennial irrigation.   show
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show Wealth in the form of money or property owned or used in business.  
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Wadi.   show
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Caravan.   show
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Medina.   show
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show A market in an Arab country.  
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show The practice of farming a suite until the soil is exhausted, then moving on to a new site.  
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show Food for grazing animals.  
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show The process of stripping the land of its trees.  
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show The transformation of arable land into desert either naturally or through human intervention.  
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show A person who escapes his or her country to escape danger or unfair treatment.  
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Landlocked.   show
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Inland delta.   show
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Coup.   show
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Ancestor worship.   show
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show The religious belief that such things as the sky, rivers, and trees contain gods or spirits.  
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show An agency of the United Nations that provides loans to countries for development projects.  
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show An agency of the United Nations that provides loans to countries for development projects.  
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Structural adjustment program.   show
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Watershed.   show
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show A professional soldier hired by a foreign country.  
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Barter.   show
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Harambee.   show
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Pyrethrum.   show
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show Disease caused by a lack of food or an unbalanced diet.  
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Strategic value.   show
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Ethnocracy.   show
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Villagization.   show
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Apartheid.   show
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show The separation of races.  
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Sanction.   show
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show A country completely surrounded by another country.  
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show The departure of white people from a region.  
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show A policy by which land is taken from those who own large amounts and redistributed to those who have little or none.  
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