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26 Cards in this Set
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Cataract
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large waterfall
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Hydroelectric power
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energy produced by moving water
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Leaching
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dissolving nutrients and washing them away from the soil.
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hieroglyphics
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form of writing that used pictures and symbols
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escarpment
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steep cliffs
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Mosque
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muslim house of worship
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city-state
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large city with it's own government and usually control ove surrounding countryside
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consensus
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common agreement
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polygamy
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the practice of haveing more than one spouse
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age grade
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all boys or girls born in the same year
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subsistence farmer
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grows enough food to support family with little or no surplus
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lineage
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tracing desent back to a common ancestor
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lineage
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tracing desent back to a common ancestor
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what bodies of water surround Africa?
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Mediterranean sea, Red sea, Atlantic ocean, Indidan ocaen
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abolition
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movment to end slavery
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lineage
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tracing desent back to a common ancestor
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diaspora
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scattering of people
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when did the demand for slaves become great?
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when Europeans began to colonize Americas and they found the Native americans less useful for working plantaions.
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When did the Atlantic slave trade grow the most?
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1761-1810
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When did the Atlantic slave trade grow the most?
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1761-1810
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Pharaohs
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Rulers of ancient Epypt
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Pharaohs
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Rulers of ancient Epypt
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desrtification
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turning semidesret land into desert
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drought
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prolonged periods of little or no rainfall
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tropics
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area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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tropics
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area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
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