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27 Cards in this Set
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zonal
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the climates of West Africa , which stretch to east to west in bands
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Sahel
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a dry grasslands region with a steppe climate south of the Sahara
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harmattan
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a dry, dusty wind that blows south from the Sahara during winter
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tsetse fly
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A fly in Africa south of the Sahara that spreads sleeping sickness, a deadly disease
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bauxite
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the most important aluminum ore
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archeology
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the study of the remains and ruins of past cultures
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animism
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a religious belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
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oral history
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Spoken information passed from one generation to the next
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millet
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a grain crop that can survive drought
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sorghum
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a grain crop that can survive drought
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malaria
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a deadly disease spread by mosquitoes
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staple
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a region or country's main food crops
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secede
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to break away from another country to form another
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griots
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West african storytellers who pass on the oral histories of their tribes or people
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cacao
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a small tree on which cocoa beans grow
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ergs
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Great "seas" of sand dunes in the Sahara
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depressions
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low areas
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regs
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Broad, windswept gravel plains in the Sahara
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silt
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Finely ground soil
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Pharoahs
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Ancient Egyptian Kings
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hieroglyphs
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Pictures and symbols used to record information in ancient Egypt
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Bedouins
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Nomadics herders in the deserts of North Africa and Southwest Asia
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fellahin
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Egyptian farmers who own very small plots of land
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Casbah
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the old fortress and central part of some North African cities
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souks
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Marketplaces in North Africa
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free port
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a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there
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dictator
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one who rules a country with complete authority
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