Africa Vocab Flashcards
Gravel covered plain in desert area
Reg
Sea of sand created by a high, shifting sand dune
Erg
Large low areas
Depressions
Dry steam beds that fill with water only after rainfall
Wadis
Sector of economy made up of people who do not work for formal businesses, including many self employed people and small family owned businesses
Informal sector
Cultural group that has lived in North Africa since long before waves of Arab armies crossed the continent
Berbers
Fertile; finely ground soil deposited by flowing water
Silt
Ancient Egyptian monarchs
Pharaohs
Pictures and symbols used in ancient Egyptian writing system
Hieroglyphs
A political organization that pushed for an en to the apartheid on South Africa
African National Congress
Peasant farmers of North America
Fellahin
Region of semiarid climate extending from Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan in Africa
Sahel
Spreading of dessert conditions
Desertification
Economies in which some goods are produced for export while other goods are produced for local Consumption
Dual economies
Language in east Africa with roots in language of the African coast with added Arabic words
Swahili
Strong, durable plant fiber used to make role or twine
Sisal
As of acacia trees; a sticky substance that blinds the ingredients in many candies and medicines
Gum Arabic
The intentional destruction of people
Genocide
Steep face at the edge of a plateau or other raised area
Escarpment
The variety of plants and animals
Biodiversity
Port where almost no taxes are placed on the goods unloaded from other places
Free port
Grassland regions of SouthAmerica
Veld
Dutch, French, and German settlers and their descendants in South America
Afrikaners
Official policies that forced back Africans to live in separate areas and use separate facilities from white South Africans
Apartheid
