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Mr. perry chapter21 quiz guide
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Geography
8th Grade
02/18/2008

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urbanization
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the movement of people from rural areas to cities 
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apartheid
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policy of strict separation of the races adopted in south africa in the 1940s
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clans
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tribal community or large group of people related to on another
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extended family
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houshold made up of several generations of family members
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lingua franca
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domesticate
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to adapt plants and animals from the wild to make them useful to people
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sanitation
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disposal of waste products
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mass culture
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popular culture spread by media and televison
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oral tradition
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spread by words, stories spread by mouth
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universal suffrage
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equl voting rights for all adult citizens of a nation
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Bantu
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language group,
spread across 1/3 of africa
zulu
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Nelson Mandela
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Nigeria's most popular anti-apartheid leader
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nelson mandela
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27 years in prison
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ethincity
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common ground
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ethnicity
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histroy of colonial rule
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ethnicity
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struggle for independance
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population density
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highest birth and death rate
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hutu and tutsi
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conflict in africa
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tutsi
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supirior people, yet foriegn race
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hutu
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exploited farmers, ethnic majority
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hutu uprising

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killing began in1959
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literature
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800+ languages(6 groups)
lingua franca
english and french are common
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religion
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integral role of religion
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religion
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muslim of christian:
missonariesn~300 AD(ethiopia)
coptic tradition(egyptian influence)
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slave trade
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middle passage
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Kush
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sudan and nile
kingdom
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axum
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northern ethiopia
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2000B.C.
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climate shift
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