Sub Saharan Africa Vocab
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Sub Saharan Africa Vocab
BY JASON AKARA
SAHEL
THE ARID AREA ON THE S FLANK OF THE SAHARA DESERT
COLONIALISM
THE CONTROL OR GOVERNING INFLUENCE OF A NATION OVER A DEPENDENT COUNTRY
LEACHING
TO DISSOLVE OUT SOLUBLE CONSTITUENTS FROM PERCOLATION
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Land degradation-the wearing down of the land by the erosive action of water, wind, or ice.
BAZAAR
MARKETPLACE OR SHOPPING QUARTER, ESPECIALLY ONE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Perennial irrigation -artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops
Wadi-the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfal
CARAVAN
GROUP OF TRAVELERS
MEDINA
THE OLD ARAB QUARTER OF A NORTH AFRICAN CITY
SHIFTING AGRICULTURE
A CHANGE IN LAND
DEFORESTATION
TO DIVEST OR CLEAR OF FORESTS OR TREES
DESERTIFICATION
PROCESSES BY WHICH AN AREA BECOMES A DESERT
REFUGEE
A PERSON WHO FLEES FOR REFUGE OR SAFETY
LANDLOCKED
shut in completely, or almost completely by land
INLAND DELTA
A LONG LARGE AND CURVEY LAKE
Coup-unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment
Ancestor Worship-ancestors whose spirits are frequently held to possess the power to influence the affairs of the living
ANIMISM
THE BELIEF THAT NATURAL OBJECTS HAVE SOULS
MERCINARY
WORKING OR ACTING MERELY FOR MONEY OR OTHER REWARD
BARTER
TO TRADE BY EXCHANGE OF COMMODITIES
Harambee
Ethnocracy-a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures
APARTHEID
SEGREGATION OF THE NONWHITE POPULATION
ENCLAVE
country, or especially, an outlying portion of a country
