geography
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- oasis
- a fertile place in a desert where there is water and vegetation
- drought
- a long period of little or no rainfall
- terace
- a platform cut into the side of a mountain
- apartheid
- the south african system in which racial groups were separated and racial discrimination was legal
- migrate
- to move from one place to another
- Pan-Africanism
- a movement that stressed unity among all Africans
- extended family
- a family that includes relatives other thatn parents and children
- surplus
- more than is needed
- mestizo
- a person of mixed spanish and native american ancestory
- erode
- to wear away slowly
- fellaheen
- peasents or agricultural workers in an Arab country
- subsistence farming
- raising just enough crops to support one's family
- literacy
- the ability to read and write
- rift
- a deep crack in the Earth's surface
- ethnic-group
- a group of people who share the same ancestors,culture,language, or religion
- city state
- a city that controls much of the land around it and has its own government
- kinship
- a family relationship
- hacienda
- plantation owned by the spanish settlers or the catholic church in spanish america
- bazaar
- a traditional open air market with rows of shops
- diversify
- to add variety, a country can diversify its economy by producing more products
- griot
- an african story teller
- lineage
- a groupof families with a common ancestor
- fertile
- containing substances that plants need in order to grow well
- multiethnic
- containg many ethnic groups
- pilgramidge
- a religious journey for muslims the journey to mecca
- cultural diversity
- a wide variety of cultures
- irragate
- to artificially water crops
- cataract
- a rock filled rapid
- clan
- a group of lineages
- plateau
- a large mostly flat area that rises above the surrounding land
- tributary
- a small stream or river that flows into a larger river
- treaty
- an agreement in writing made between two or more countries
- encomienda
- the right to demand takes or labor from the native americans this right was granted by the spanish government
- casbah
- an old, crowded section of a North African city
- civilization
- a society with cities and a central government
- hunter-gatherer
- person who gathers wild food and hunts animals to survive
- hieroglyphics
- a system of writing using signsand symbols used by Maya and other cultures
- coup
- the takeover of a government often done by military force
- democracy
- a government in which citizens have power through their elected representatives
- swahili
- an african language that includes some Arabic words
- colonize
- to settle an area and take over or create a government
- escarpment
- a steep cliff about a 100 stories high
- culture
- the way of life of people who share aimilar customs and beliefs
- life expectancy
- how long an average person will live
- domesticate
- to adapt wild plants and animals for human use
- silt
- bits of rock and dirt on river bottoms
- nuclear family
- a family that includes parents and children
- economy
- a system for producing distributing consuming and owning goods services and wealth
- savanna
- region of tall grass
- census
- a cont of the people in a country
- multiparty system
- two or more political parties in one country
- hybrid
- a plant that is a combination of two of more types of the same plants
- conquistador
- conquers working for the spanish government who were in charge of gaining land and wealth in the americas
- cultural diffusion
- the movement of customs and idea from one culture to another
- plantation
- a large farm where cash crops are grown
- desertification
- the changing of fertile land into land that is too dry for crops
- Quaran
- the holy book of the religion of Islam
- souq
- an open air marketplace
- quipu
- a knotted string used by Incan government officials and traders for record keeping
- nomad
- a person who moves around to make a living
- monestary
- a place where the monks or nuns live work and study
- soveriegnty
- political independance
- elevation
- the height of land above sea level
- cashcrop
- a crop that is raised for sale
- nationalize
- to put a once private industry under national control
- migrant worker
- a person who moves from place to place to find work
- authoritarian
- controlled by one person of a group
- comercial farming
- the large scale production of crops for sale