World Geography Terms-Africa
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- Shifting Farming
- farmers who move every few years to find better soil
- Clan
- tribal community or large group of people ralted to one another
- Savannas
- tropical grasslands that contain trees
- Escarpment
- steep cliffs or slopes that separate plateaus
- Habitat
- area with conditions suitable for certain plants or animals to live
- Desertification
- arable land sturned into desert, usually due to destruction of vegetation
- Literacy Rate
- percentage of people who can read and write
- Lingua Franca
- universal language, spoke throughout East Africa
- Leach
- washing away of the nutrients in the soil by heavy rains
- Per Capita Income
- average income per person per year
- Oral History
- legends passed down orally generation to generation
- Middle Passage
- terrible passage acrss the atlantic
- Arable Land
- land suitable for growing crops
- Catatracts
- thunder waterfalls that spill over escarpments
- Commercial Farming
- organized as a buisness
- Subsistence Farming
- traditional agriculture whose goal is to produce just enough to eat for a family or a village to survive
- Sedentary Farming
- carried on at permanent settlements
- Ethnic Groups
- people with similar histories and cultures
- Extinction
- the dissapearance or end of species of animal or plant
- Extended Families
- household made up of several generations, like aunts uncles etc.
- Cash Crops
- farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family