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16 Cards in this Set
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Transition Zone My classrom and the hallway is like a transition zone |
A physical area in which the land undergoes a radical change such as from arid to tropical. |
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Delta There is a delta by my backyard |
An often triangular-shaped section of land formed as the waters of a river slow down and split into many channels as they deposit sand and silt that has been carried downriver |
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Sahel Very little rainfall is in the sahal |
steppe region extending from Sengal to Somilia that recieves little rainfall |
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Clan The yamassee clan is a indian tribe |
A large group of people decended from the same ansestor |
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Oral tradition Talking with your mouth is the way u have a oral tradition |
The practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth |
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Substance Farming Substance farming is a way to provide for your family |
Farming that provides the basic needs of a family with little surplus |
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Desertfication In some areas around the world desertfication is a huge problem |
The destruction of land in arid and semi-arid climates |
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Rift Valley There's no telling what could be inside a deep dark river valley |
A crack in earth's surface created |
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Indigenous When you are not sure where your at your indigenous |
Native to a place |
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Poaching Elephants are indangered because of poaching |
Illegal hunting |
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Reservoir Reservoirs are a good source for water |
A natural or artificial lake used as a source of water |
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Conflict Diamonds Conflict diamonds are not actual diamonds |
Daimonds that are mined in war-torn areas and are used to finance wars |
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Infrastructure Helping building things in your city is infurastructure |
The set of systems that affect how well a place or organization operates, such as telephone or transportation systems, within a country |
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Groits Storytellers are groits |
Traditional oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians of west africa |
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Understory Me and my brother took lots of pictures while we were in the understory of the tropical rainforest |
A lower layer if the rain forest |
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Cash Craps Cash crops earn you enough money to survive |
A farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family |
