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4th Six Weeks Vocab. Flashcards

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Define Apartheid

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The separation of the races

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Define Sanitation

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Disposal of wastes

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Define Universal Suffrage

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Voting rights for all people

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Define Oral Tradition

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The practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth

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Define Clan

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A large group of people descended from an early common ancestor

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Define Subsistence Farming

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Agriculture that provides for the needs of only a family or village

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Define Commercial Farming

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Agriculture businesses that produce crops on a large scale

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Define Cash Crops

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Crops grown to be sold

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Define Infrastructure

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Resources, buildings, and equipment required for an activity

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Define E-commerce

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Selling and buying on the internet

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Define Habitat

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An area where an animal or plant normally lives

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Define Extinction

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Disappearance of plant or animal species from the earth

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Define Poaching

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Illegal hunting

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Define Ecotourism

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Tourism based on concern for the environment

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Define Subcontinent

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A landmass that is large and distinct but joined to a continent

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Define Alluvial Plain

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An area of fertile soil deposited by river flood waters

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Define Mica

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A layered rock that is used in making electrical equipment

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Define Monsoon

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A seasonal wind that brings warm, moist air from the oceans in summer and cold dry air from inland in winter

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Define Ziggurats

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Pyramid-shape mud-brick temples built by the Sumerians

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Define Bedouin

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A desert nomad

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Define Bazaar

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A traditional marketplace

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Define Arable

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Suitable for farming

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Define Commodity

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An economic product

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Define Petrochemical

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Product made from petroleum or natural gas

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Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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The value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

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Define Hajj

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A yearly pilgrimage

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Define Aquifer

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Underground layers of porous rock, gravel, or sand that contain water

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Define Escarpment

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A steep, often jagged slope or cliff

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Define Cataract

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A towering waterfall

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Define Rift Valley

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A large crack in the earth’s crust formed by shifting tectonic plates

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Define Fault

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A fracture in the earth’s crust

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Define Delta

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A triangular section of land formed by sand and silt carried downriver

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Define Estuary

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A passage where freshwater from a river meets seawater

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Define Leach

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Dissolve and carry away

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Define Savanna

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Tropical grassland with scattered trees

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Define Desertification

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A process by which productive land turns into desert after vegetation had been destroyed by overuse

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Define Alluvial Soil

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A rich soil made up of sand and mud deposited by flowing water

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Define Wadi

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A stream bed that remains dry until a heavy rain

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Define Kum

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A regional term for desert

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Define Phosphate

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A chemical compound used in fertilizers

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Define Oasis

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A place in the desert where underground water surfaces

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Define Pastoralism

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The raising and grazing of livestock

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Define Infrastructure

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The basic urban necessities like streets, water, electricity, and sewers

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Define Culture Hearth

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Cities where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward

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Define Cuneiform

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A system of symbols developed by the Sumerians to keep records

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Define Hieroglyphics

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A form of picture writing developed by the Egyptians

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Define Qanats

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Underground canals built by the Persians for irrigating crops

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Define Monotheism

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A belief in one god

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Define Prophet

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A messenger of god

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Define Mosque

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A Muslim house of worship

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Define Domesticate

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To take plants and animals from the wild and make them useful to people

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Define Nationalism

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A belief in the right of an ethnic group to have its own independent country

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Define Nationalize

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To place under government control

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Define Embargo

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A ban on trade

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