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KMS Africa
Part #1
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Education
8th Grade
11/30/2010

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Rosetta Stone
Definition
ancient egyptian stone with the key to decipher hieroglyphics
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Aswan High Dam
Definition
Structure or building that controls flood water from the Nile River and also provides electricity
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stone age
Definition
The earliest period of humans when people used stone tools
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ancestors
Definition
An Early Relative
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MOROCCO
Definition
Rabat
Term
silt
Definition
Fertile soil deposited by a river
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Muslim
Definition
A person who follows the Islam religion
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Sahara
Definition
the world's largest HOT desert
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basin
Definition
a natural depression in the surface of the earth, often with a lake at the bottom of it
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EGYPT
Definition
Cairo
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Suez Canal
Definition
an area with water that connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
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jellaba
Definition
a robe with long sleeves that is a traditional outfit
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ALGERIA
Definition
Algiers
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savana
Definition
a rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees can be found between a tropical rain forest and desert
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desertification
Definition
breaking down or changing of land in hot and somewhat dry areas due to climate variations and human activities
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Mt. Kilimanjaro
Definition
the highest point in Africa; has 3 volcano peaks; in northeast Tanzania
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Atlas Mountains
Definition
a group of mountains that stretch all the way between Morocco and Tunisia
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escarpment
Definition
a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge, usually formed by erosion
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delta
Definition
triangle that deposits rich soil at a rivers mouth
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Victoria Falls
Definition
some of the largest waterfalls in the world.  Found in southern Africa on the Zambezi River
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fossil
Definition
remains of early life left in the gound
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animism
Definition
a belief in which spirits exist in animals, plants, natural forces and ancestors
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canopy
Definition
the richest layer of the diverse rain forest, located 150 feet above the forest floor
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Islam
Definition
a religion with beliefs in only one god named Allah
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souk
Definition
outside market
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TUNISA
Definition
Tunis
Term

griot

(gree-OH)

Definition
storytellers from West Africa
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Sahel
Definition
an area south of the Sahara that receives very little rainfall, borders the Savannah and desert
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SUDAN
Definition
Khartoum
Term

cataract

[image]

Definition
tall waterfall or rapids
Term
Nile River
Definition

the longest river in the world, in Northern Africa; it flows north and has 2 major tributaries

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LIBYA
Definition
Tripoli
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maghrib
Definition
the Arab name for North Africa, which means “the West”
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SOUTH SUDAN
Definition
Juba
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