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27 Cards in this Set
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fellahin
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farmers is Egypt who live in villages & work on small plots of land that they rent from landowners
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bazaar
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marketplace
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mosque
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place of worship for followers of Islam
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ergs
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huge area of shifting sand dunes in the Sahara
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subsistence farm
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small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family
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compound
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group of houses surrounded by walls
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desertification
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process by which grasslands change to desert
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cassava
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plant with roots that can be ground into flour to make bread or eaten in other ways
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refugee
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person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster
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canopy
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umbrella-like covering formed by the tops of trees in a rainforest
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tsetse fly
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insect whose bite can kill cattle or humans with a deadly disease called sleeping sickness
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poaching
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illegal hunting of protected animals
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sisal
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plant fiber used to make rope & twine
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habitat
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type of environment in which a particular animal species live
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eco-tourist
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person who travels to another country to view its natural wonders
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endangered species
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plant or animal under the threat of completely dying out
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plantains
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kind of banana
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watershed
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region drained by a river
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enclave
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small territory entirely surrounded by a larger territory(Swaziland or Lesotho)
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exclave
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small part of a country that is separated from the main part(Equatorial Guinea)
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cyclone
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intense storm system with heavy rain & high winds
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colony
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overseas territory tied to a parent country
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deforestation
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widespread of cutting of forests or trees
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indigenous
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original or native to area
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fertile
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able to grow things
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tropical
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warm year round
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cultivation
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the growing of crops
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