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Overgraze
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When animals strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow thier anymore.
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Drought
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A long period of extreme dryness and a water shortage.
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Desertification
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Where grass lands have become desserts.
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Bauxite
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A mineral used to make aluminum.
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Phosphate
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A mineral salt used in fertilizer.
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Coral Reef
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A natrual formation at or near the waters surface that is made of skeletons of small animals.
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Poaching
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Illegal hunting of protected animals.
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Free enterprice
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People can start and run businesses with limited government help.
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Cassava
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A plant whose roots are grounded to make porridge.
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Habitat
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A type of environment in which a piticular animal species live.
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Sisal
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A plant fiber used to make rope and twine.
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Ecotourist
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People who travel to another country to see its natrual wonders.
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Plantians
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A kind of banana.
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Autonmoy
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Self-government.
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Watershed
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A region that is drianed by a river.
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Endagered species
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A plant or animal threatend with extenction.
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Genocide
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The dileberate murder of a group because of their race or culter.
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Refugges
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People who flee to another country to escape prosocution or disaster.
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Plate
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Huge slabs of rock that make up the earths crust.
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Clans
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Groups of people who are related to one of each other.
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Industrialized country
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One in which a great deal of manufactering occurs.
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Boer
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A Dutch word for farmer.
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Aparthied
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Illegal for different ethnic groups to mix.
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Townships
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Neighborhoods outside of the city
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Enclaves
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Small countrys located inside a larger country.
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