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chapter 3 history
africa
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History
9th Grade
09/19/2012

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Desertification
Definition
The turning of semi desert into land
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Hydroelectric power
Definition
Energy produced by moving water
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Cataract
Definition
Large waterfalls, or rapids
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Leaching
Definition
Rain dissolves and washes away the soils nutrients
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Drought
Definition
Long periods of little or no rain fall
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Escarpment
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Step cliffs
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
Form of writting with picture and symbols
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Tropics
Definition

The area between the tropic

Of cancer and the tropic of capicorn

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Pharaoh
Definition
Ruler of ancient egypt
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Amun Re
Definition
god of underworld
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Religion of ancinet egypt?
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Polytheisim
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Achievements
Definition
Hieroglyphics, calendaR and anatomy
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3 seasons in acient egypt
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season of the flood, season of going out, and the season of the harvest
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