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Sub-Saharan Africa Vocabulary
Mr. O's Vocabulary words for the 3rd quarter
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Geography
6th Grade
01/24/2007

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Term
subsistence farming
Definition
[image]Traditional type of farming
where the goal is to produce
just enough to eat for a family
or a village to survive.
Term
Colonialism
Definition
A system by which a
country maintains colonies
[image]outside its borders
Term
escarpment
Definition
A steep slope or cliff
between a higher and
[image]lower land surface.
Term
Cataract
Definition
[image]A large waterfall
Term
Sahel
Definition

The region in West and

[image]Central Africa

that forms a

changing climate zone

between the dry Sahara

to the North and humid

savannas to the south.

Term
Apartheid
Definition
Policy of strict separation
of the races
adopted in
South Africa
[image]in the 1940's.
Term
Urbanization
Definition
[image]The movement of
people from
rural areas into cities
Term
desertification
Definition

Process in which

arable land

is turned into desert,

usually due to[image]

destruction of

vegetation.

 

 

Term

Coup d' etat

 

Pronounced:   

 

koo day  TAH

Definition
[image]an overthrow of
a government 
by  force.
Term
Great Rift Valley
Definition
[image]a series of broad
steep-walled valleys
that stretch from the
Red Sea to
Mozambique 
Term
Pastoralism
Definition
[image]A way of life in 
which people raise
cattle, sheep, or
goats as their
main economic
activity. 
Term
Kinship
Definition
[image]Family
relationships
Term
Drought
Definition
[image]A long period
of time
without rain 
Term
Savanna
Definition
[image]A flat grassland in
a tropical or
subtropical region
with scattered
trees and shrubs 
Term
Bantu
Definition
[image]Around 5,000 years ago,
these people stopped hunting
and gathering and became
farmers in what is now
Cameroon
Term
Overgrazing
Definition
[image]A process in which animals
can graze grass faster
than it can grow back.
Term
Sanction
Definition
[image]A penalty imposed upon a
nation that is violating
international law.
Term
Nelson Mandela
Definition
[image]He led the fight 
against apartheid
in South Africa.
 
He won the Nobel Peace
in 1993. South Africa's
first black president in
1994.
Term
Imperialism
Definition
The practice of one country's
controlling the government 
and economy of another[image]
country or territory.
Term
Missionary
Definition

[image]A person who goes to

another country to do

religious and social work.

Term
escarpment
Definition
[image]a steep cliff or slope
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