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13 Cards in this Set
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what is a cataract?
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Large waterfall
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what are escarpments?
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large cliffs
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Hydro- electric power
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energy produced by moving water
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Leaching
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Dissolving nutrients and washing them from the soil
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Hieroglyphics
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Form of writing that uses pictures, and symbols
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Lineage
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family line usually traced on fathers side
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consensus
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Common agreement among two peoples
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diaspora
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the slave trade sent millions of Africans overseas. this scattering of people called diaspora, brought great suffering to those who were taken captive.
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Jihad
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Holy war to purify islam
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City state
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Large town w/ own government controlls surrounding country
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subsistence farmers
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produced enough only enough for their own needs
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Berlin confrence
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at the berlin confrence, europeans made desisions about dividing Africa. No African's were invited to this confrence. European powers reconized leopolds personal claim to the congo free state.
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Colonial government
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Europeans developed 2 methods of ruling their colonies- direct and indirect rule. Direct rule meant that the colonial power controlled the government at every level. Indirect rule- kept traditional rulers in place and expected them to enforce laws made by British
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