Africa Vocab Flashcards
Renewable Resource
Something in nature that is used and replaced.
Overgrazing
When animals graze too quickly.
Migration
People and animals moving from one area to another.
Racism
The belief that one race in inferior to another.
Missionary
Someone that goes to another country for religious reasons.
Coup D’etat
A violent overthrow of the government.
Substance Farming
Crop grown to feed a household.
Plateau
A raised area of land.
Pastoralism
People raise cattle, sheep, and goats.
Paleontologist
Someone who studies fossils.
Colonialism
When a country maintains colonized outside of their country.
Non-Renwable Resource
Something in nature that can’t be replaced.
Drought
A lack of rain in an area.
Desertification
When desert spreads and grows to another area.
Apartheid
A policy of racial separation.
