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Africa Vocab
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9th Grade
05/21/2010

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Term

Word 1

Escarpments

Definition
An Escarpment is a steep cliff
Term

Word 2

Hydroelectric Power

Definition

Energy produced by moving water.


Example

Today Africans are constructing more dams across rivers to supply cities and industries with power

Term

Word 3

Leaching

Definition
Leaching leaves the soil unsuitable for farming
Term

Word 4

Desertification

Definition
The turning of a semidesert land into a desert
Term

Word 5

Genocide

 

Definition
Deliberate killing of an ethnic group or religious group
Term

Word 6

Socialism

Definition
System in which the goverment owns and operates major buisnesses and controls other parts of the economy
Term

Word 7

Griot

Definition
Storyteller in traditional African Societies
Term

Word 8

Consensus

Definition
Common Agreement
Term

Word 9

Infer

Definition
To derive as a concusion from fact or promises
Term

Word 10

Mosque

Definition
Muslim house of worship
Term

Word 11

Zionism

Definition
A Jewish Religion
Term

Word 12

Imperialism

Definition
control by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
Term

Word 13

Arpartheid

Definition
Rigid seperation of races by law in south africa
Term

Question 1

What main resources can be found in Africa?

Definition

The main resources found are:

Gold

Iron

Copper

Colbalt

Term

Question 2

What were the causes of the rise of the Great Western Kingdoms in Africa?

Definition

The causes of the rises were

Large Population

Money

Resources

Term

Question 3

What were the causes of the decline of the Great Western Kingdoms in Africa?

Definition

The biggest cause of the decline was

They traded their own people

Term

Question 4

Which Country was never colonized?

&

How were they able to avoid this fate?

Definition

The country that was never colonized was Etheopia

&

The thing that helped them avoid this fate was having people to protect them.

Term

Question 5

The middle east is reffered to as the crossroads because it connects what 3 regions of the world?

Definition
The 3 regions connected are Africa, Asia and Europe
Term

Question 6

What were some of the effects of slave trade of African Civilizations?

Definition
People hunting the people who are hiding was one of the effects. People couldn't get help from others.
Term

Person 1

Hammurabi

Definition
King of Babbilon
Term

Person 2

Gilgamesh

Definition

Hero-King

Epic poem that is the earliest works of literature writing

Term

Person 3

Sumerians

Definition
The first civilization of people in the middle east
Term

Person 4

Kurds

Definition
Culture of people with their own language in turkey
Term

Person 5

Shia & Sunni

Definition
Different type of people
Term

Person 6

PLO

Definition
Palistin Liberation organization
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