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Basin
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A natural depression on the earth's surface, typically containing water.
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Earths surface
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Rift Valley
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A linear-shaped depression between several highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault.
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
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The highest mountain in Africa, in Tanzania 5,898.7 m (19,340 ft).
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highest point in Africa
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Escarpment
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A very steep hill.
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Erosion
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Serengeti Plain
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A vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley.
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Canopy
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An ornamental cloth covering hung or held up over something, esp. a throne or bed,
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Niger Delta
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The delta of the Niger River, and it is densely populated.
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Berlin Conference
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Regulated European colonization and trade in Africa.
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regulated something
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Cash Crop
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A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower.
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not for you
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Masai
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A member of a pastoral people living in Tanzania and Kenya.
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member of these two tribes
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Pandemic
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An outbreak of a pandemic disease.
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AIDS
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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Bantu Migration
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The movement of the Bantu people southward throughout Africa.
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King Leopold II
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The king of Belgian, who opened up the African interior to European trade.
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opened something up for someone
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Mobutu Sese Seko
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The president of Republic of the Congo.
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president for RotC
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Apartheid
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A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.
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something about segregation
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Nelson Mandela
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South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994.
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prison
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Genocide
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The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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segregation, killing
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Hutus
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A member of a Bantu-speaking people forming the majority population in Rwanda and Burundi.
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Tutsis
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A member of a people forming a minority of the population of Rwanda and Burundi.
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Commodity
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A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold.
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like primary activities
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Cholera
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An often fatal disease of the small intestine, typically from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea.
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disease
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Subsistence Agriculture
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A farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
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self
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Sustainability
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To endure and remain diverse and productive.
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Diffusion
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The spread of ideas, inventions or patterns of behavior to different societies.
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Aksum
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An important trading capital that controlled much of what is now N Ethiopia.
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Goree Island
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An island off the coast of Senegal that served as a major departure point for slave trade.
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segal
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Primary Economic Activity
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Activities where natural resources are extracted from the earth.
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