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Ch-13-14
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7th Grade
01/11/2010

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Aksum
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An empire that controlled much of northern Ethiopia from te first to the eighth century A.D.
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Obelisk
Definition
A piller-shaped stone monument.
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Haile Sekassie
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Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1947
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Eritrea
Definition
A former region of Ethiopia that became an independent country in 1993.
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Horn of Africa
Definition
A horn-shaped extension of land on the east coast of Africa.
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Modernize
Definition
To accept new ways or ideas.
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Red Sea
Definition
A narrow sea that divides northeast Africa fromm the Arabian Peninsula.
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Kush
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An ancient Nubian kingdom in northern Sudan.
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Dynasty
Definition
A family or group that rules for several genertions.
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Safari
Definition
An overloading expedition for exploring, hunting or photography.
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Monsoon
Definition
A seasonal wind bringing heavy rainfall.
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Swahili
Definition
An African lauguage, commonly spoken in East Africa.
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Mau Mau
Definition
A kenyan indenpence movement that began in the 1940s.
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Jomo Krnyatta
Definition
Independent Kenya first president.
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Porridge
Definition
A softfod made by bioling ceareal grain in milk.
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Congo River
Definition
Africa's second longest river.
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Pygmy
Definition
A membe of a people with an average height of less than five feet.
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Hunter-Gatherer
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A person who hunts animals and gathers plants for food.
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kongo
Definition
A memberof a living along the lower Congo River; A Bantu-speaking kingdom of the Congo River region arising in the 1300s.
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Leopold II
Definition
King of Belgium, who wad forced to give up his private ownership of the congo Free State.
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Mobutu Sese Seko
Definition
Dictator of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997.
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Zaire
Definition
Name of the Democratic Republic of the congo from 1971 from 1997.
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Quota
Definition
A target amount for production.
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Boer
Definition
a dutch colonist or descendant in south africa
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Cape Colony
Definition
south african land settled by dutch colonists called boers in the 1600s and 1700s
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afrikaner
Definition
a south african of european ancesrty who speaks a language called afrikaans
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apartheid
Definition
the official policy of racial segregation in south africa
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african national congress
Definition
south african political party opposing aparatheid
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sanction
Definition
a penalty or pressure applied to a country for not obeying an order or law
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nelson mandela
Definition
south africa's first african president
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comminwealth of nations
Definition
an association of british colonies
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segregation
Definition
the policy of seperating people of different races
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great zimbabwe
Definition
an empire built by the shona people
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rhodesia
Definition
the colonial name for the contries that are today zambia and zimbabwe
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land reform
Definition
dividing up large plots of land to distribute land more evenly
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kalahari
Definition
a desert in southern africa
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bechuanaland
Definition
colonial name for botswana
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marxist
Definition
a person who supports the philosophy behind communism, including government ownership of land and the means of production
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guerrilla
Definition
a member od an irregular army that operates in small bands
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