Africa vocabulary words Flashcards
ESCARPMENT
STEEP SLOPE ON A CLIFF THAT OCCURS FROM EROSION
ALTITUDE
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
CANYON
DEEP RAVINE BETWEEN CLIFFS.
SAVANNA
GRASSY WOODLANDS NEXT TO TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
STEPPE
DRY GRASSLANDS SOUTH OF THE SAHARA
DROUGHT
MANY MONTHS OF LITTLE TO NO RAIN
FAMINE
MASS STARVATION
SOCIAL DARWINISM
POWERFUL NATIONS RISE AND WEAKER ONES FALL
POLYGAMY
MANY WIVES
MONOGAMY
ONE WIFE
DIVINER
PERSON WHO TRIES TO READY “DIVINE SIGNS”
FALLOW
LEAVING A FEILD UNPLANTED TO REGENERATE NUTRIENTS
TRIANGULAR TRADE
TRADE ROUT OF SLAVES BETWEEN US BRITAIN AND AFRICA
FETISH
MAGICAL ITEM THAT USUALLY PROMOTES SOMETHING GOOD LOL
ORAL TRADITION
TELLING STORIES INSTEAD OF WRITING
FABLES
STORIES WITH MORAL OR LESSON
SUBSTISTENCE FARMING
FARMING THAT PROVIDES FOR NEED OF A FAMILY WITH LITTTLE SURPLUS
CASH CROPS
CROPS SOLD FOR CASH
MIDDLE PASSAGE
STAGE OF SLAVE TRADE WHERE PEOPLE FROM AFRICA WERE SHIPPED TO NEW WORLD.
APARTHEID
SYSTEM OF RATION SEGREGATION