Africa Vocab Flashcards
Escarpment
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top
Rift Valley
A long, thin valley created by the moving apart of continental plates
Aquifer
An underground layer of rock that stores water
Oasis
A place where water from an aquifer has reached then surface
Sahel
A narrow band of dry grassland that is used for farming and herding
Desertification
An expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts
Olduvai Gorge
A site of fossil beds in northern Tanzania
Aswan High Dam
A dam on the Nile River
Berlin Conference
A conference of 14 European nations to establish rules for political control of Africa
Colonialism
Colonizing another country for economic gain
Cash crops
A crop grown for direct sale
Pandemic
A disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area
Stateless society
One in which people use lineages to govern themselves
Apartheid
A policy of complete separation of the races
Nelson Mandela
One of the leaders of the African National Congress who led a struggle to end Apartheid
