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40 Cards in this Set
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A region drained by a river system |
Basin |
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A semi-arid grassland that separates the Sahara in the north from the tropical grasslands |
Savannas |
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There is less fertile land to grow food |
Desertification |
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Deep valleys that formed when Earth's crust separated and broke apart |
Rift valleys |
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Inactive volcanoes |
Dormant |
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Group of lions |
Pride |
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Area away from the coast |
Interior |
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West Africans had to cut down forests |
Deforestation |
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Areas of higher mountainous land |
Highlands |
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An area between two geographic regions that has characteristics of both |
Transition zone |
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A forest with warm temperatures |
Rainforest |
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Electricity produced by a water source such as a river |
Hydroelectric power |
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Have no direct access to a coast |
Landlocked |
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A steep slope |
Escarpment |
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Natural homes |
Habitat |
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Illegal hunting |
Poaching |
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Night based |
Nocturnal |
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Tourism that is focused on Wildlife protection and responsible use of land and resources |
Eco-tourism |
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Humans began to grow crops instead of gathering plants |
Agricultural Revolution |
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The language they learn as children |
First language |
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Groups of merchants traveling together for safety |
Caravans |
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Common language between multiple groups of people |
Lingua Franca |
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Trade across the Sahara |
Trans-saharan |
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Gold deposited by a river |
Alluvial |
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Independent states made up of a city and the territories depending on it |
City state |
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Trading of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean |
Trans-Atlantic slave trade |
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Inadequate food or nourishment |
Malnutrition |
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Motivating reason |
Incentive |
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The practice of extending a nation's influence by controlling other territories |
Imperialism |
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The practice of directly controlling and selling foreign territories |
Colonialism |
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people sent by a church to spread their religion among native populations |
Missionaries |
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A movement to unify African people |
Pan-africanism |
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Kenya and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Ghana help to gain independence for their people |
John Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah |
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Enslaved Africans were crowded on two large ships headed for European colonies in the Americas |
Middle Passage |
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Between 1200 and 1450, the Shona people in southern Africa build a walled City out of stone |
Great Zimbabwe |
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One of the best-known of the surviving Bantu languages |
Swahili |
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Collect water from the entire south central part of africa |
The Zambezi River |
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located in an equatorial area and flows into the Atlantic Ocean |
The Congo River |
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a part of a chain valley that stretch from southwest Asia to southern Africa |
Great Rift Valley |
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A semi-arid grassland that separates the Sahara in the north from the tropical grasslands |
Sahel |