africa vocab
vocab words about africa
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- migrate
- to move
- domesticate
- adapt for own use
- fertile
- productive
- Swahili
- new language that developed; bantu language with some Arab words mixed in
- literacy
- to read and write
- life expectancy
- how long an average person will live
- city-state
- city with its own government that often controls much of the surrounding land
- Quran
- holy book of Islam religion
- hunter-gatherer
- early humans that survived by gathering fruits, nuts, and roots, and by hunting animals for meat and clothing
- pilgrimage
- religious journey
- ethnic groups
- groups that share languages, religions, family ties, and customs
- surplus
- more than needed
- civilization
- society with cities, a government, and social classes
- commercial farming
- large-scale productiojn of cash crops such as coffee, cocoa, and bananas for sale
- democracy
- government where citizens help to make governmental decisions
- colonize
- to settle an area and take over its government
- Pan-Africanism
- movement in the 1920s that stressed unity and cooperation among all Africans
- nationalism
- feeling of pride in one's homeland