Africa

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__Africa Vocabulary Chapters 24-25:__**

Land formed by soil in the water that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea*delta Building of walls around fields in order to trap the water and silt overflowing from the banks of a river*basin irrigation Traditional Arab open-air market*bazaar Dry stream or river bed that holds water after a heavy rain*wadi System that provides needed water to fields throughout the year*Perennial irrigation A natural or artificial lake used to store water for human needs*reservoir The region just south of the Sahara is the* Sahel A (n) is a steep slope or cliff*escarpment A (n) is a grassland with scattered trees*savanna Africa has a tradition of, or history passed down by word of mouth*oral history The dissolving and washing away of nutrients in soil is *leaching The of a country is the average number of people in a given unit of area*population density A (n) is an elevated block of land with a flat or gently rolling surface*plateau The reduction in the productive potential of land is *land degradation South African strict policy of racial segregation*apartheid People subjected to foreign rule*Colonialism <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Drought-resistant brush*chaparral <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Egyptian peasants*fellaheen <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The blowing of hot air, dust and grit*sandstorm <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">When farmers built long walls around their fields to trap flood water*basin irrigation <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Large group who crossed the desert*caravan <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Older Arab sections of North African cities*medinas <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Market areas *souks

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 * = HISTORIAN  ||
 * [|CIA Factbook] ||
 * [|Fact Monster (History)] ||
 * [|African Masks] ||
 * [|People & Culture] ||
 * [|Traditions & Daily Life] ||


 * ECONOMIST ||
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 * [|South African Food] ||
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 * GEOGRAPHER ||
 * [|About.com] ||
 * [|Fact Monster (Physical Geography)] ||
 * [|Fact Monster (Atlas)] ||
 * [|Country Statistics] ||
 * [|CIA Factbook Flag] ||


 * FACT/TRAVEL EXPERT ||
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