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25 Cards in this Set
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Apartheid |
the legal separation of races, South Africa once practiced this
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Arable land
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farmable land, land good for farming
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Ashanti
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found in the country of Ghana, powerful group
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Assimilation
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giving up one’s own customs and adopting those of another culture.
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Bantu
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migrated in many different waves from the region just south of the Sahara Desert to the central and southern parts of the continent beginning over 2000 years ago
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Conflict diamonds
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diamonds that are mined and sold to fund wars and rebellions
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Deforestation
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the destruction of trees and other vegetation, problem in Sahel and the rest of Africa
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Desertification
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the process of desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland
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Drought
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periods of little rainfall, Sahel has had problems with this
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Epidemic
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a temporary spreading of disease
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F. W. deKlerk
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South African president, agreed to allow the African National Congress to operate as a legal party and he released Nelson Mandela from prison
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Green Line
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the place where the cultivated land ends and the desert begins.
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Homelands
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special reserves with little land and no resources
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Imperialism
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the policy or practice of extending a state's (country’s) rule over other territories; the system of acquiring colonies to provide raw materials for a stronger country
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Indirect rule
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the day-to-day government and administration of areas both small and large was left in the hands of traditional rulers.
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Nelson Mandela
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the African National Congress and the Pan African Congress leader
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Pan African movement
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reaction to the experiences of colonial rule and the desire for people of the African descent to think of Africa as a homeland
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Pandemic
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a spreading of a disease over a large country, continent, or the whole world
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Rainforest
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areas with hot, humid, tropical climates and dense, evergreen forests with trees hundreds of feet tall
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Sahara Desert
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the largest desert on planet Earth that means “empty quarter”.
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Sahel
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a dry, semi-arid region south of the Sahara Desert that is slowly turning into desert land. It serves as a transition between the desert to the north and the grassland/rain forest to the south. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
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Savanna
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a vast area of both grassland and more tropical habitats in the middle of Africa closer to the equator.
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Subsistence farming
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growing food to provide for the sustenance of your family
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Swahili
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community developed along the coast of East Africa when Arab and Persian traders looking for markets began to settle there with the local Bantu-speaking population
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Townships
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a racially segregated urban area outside of a city |
