Sub-Saharan Africa Vocabulary Terms
These are the Sub-Saharan Africa terms for the Geography quiz on Tuesday, Feb. 12th.
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- Desertification
- Transforming of arable land into desert (examples: Sahara & Sahel)
- Arable Land
- Land suitable for growing crops
- Commercial Farming
- Farming organized as a business
- Literacy Rate
- The ability to read & write
- Escarpment
- A plateau with a steep slope
- Lingua Franca
- The universal language (Swahili)
- Leach
- Washing away of the nutrients in the soil by heavy rain
- Clan
- A large group of people related to each other
- Cataracts
- A large waterfall
- Oral History
- History passed down orally from generation to generation
- Extended Families
- Households made up of several generations
- Habitat
- An area with conditions suitable for certain plants or animals to live
- Ethnic Groups
- People with similar histories & cultures
- Savannas
- Tropical grasslands containing scattered trees
- Cash Crops
- Crops grown for a profit
- Middle Passage
- The name given to the trip taken by slave ships across the Atlantic Ocean
- Subsistence Farming
- Agriculture that provides just for the needs of a family or village
- Per Capita Income
- Average income per year per person
- Shifting Farming
- Method in which farmers move every one to three years to find better soil
- Extinction
- Animals or plants that are gone completely from the earth
- Sedentary Farming
- Farming conducted at permanent settlements