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Africa Vocabulary

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mt. Kilimanjaro
Africa\'s highest peak
Escarpment
Is a steep slope with a fat pleateau top
Oasis
Vegetation in desert from under water
Canopy
Refers to tops of trees 150 above ground
Sahel
Narrow band of dry grassland that runs east to west of sahara
Nile river
World\'s longest river
Ritft Valley
long thin valley
sahara
largest desert in world
aquifer
huge stores of under ground warer
Serengeti
GRasslands in Tanzania
desertification
an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to desert
niger delta
contains rich oil deposits in nigeria
aswan high dam
created an artificial lake, lake nasser
Nelson Mandela
contained most continuous record the humanity over past two million years
carthage
city on coast of medit. sea/north africa becoming trading n commercial force ancient
pandemic
is a disease affecting a large pop. over world wide geo area
goree island
served as one of the busiest departure pts. for slave during slave trade.
bantu migrations
mass movement of group of people southward thoughtout afirca
cash crop
they grown for direct sale
islam
monotheistic religion practiced by muslims
rai
in algeria, music developed by poor urban children.
ashanti
known for weaving colorfulu asasia
stateless society
group of people who govern themselves acording to family lineage
mobutu society
leader of democratic republic of congo-1960-1997
fang sculpture
type of central african art that inclunced picasso
great zimbawe
city established by shona around 1000
apartheid
in south africa, policy that legalized in sperations of races
neson mandela-
president in 1994
one commodity- country
country relies on one priniples export to make most of money
commodity
agriculture or mining roduct that can be sold. oil gold coffee
AIDS
caused by human immundeficiency virus (HIV)high level political commitment to help uganda stop
Chlorea
lack of sanitation and a clean water -treatable infection- flooding in mozambique
tuberculosis
respiratory infection spread by human contact acconmpanies AIDS
diversify
african nations need to do to build stronger econ.
malaria
virus carried by moquitos

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