Chapter 11 Flashcards

1
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Grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall

A

Savanna

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2
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Waterfall

A

Cataract

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3
Q

General agreement

A

Consensus

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4
Q

Group claiming a common ancestor

A

Lineage

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5
Q

Family unit consisting of parents and children

A

Nuclear family

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6
Q

Kinship ties are traced through the mother

A

Matrilineal

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7
Q

Kinship ties are traced through the father

A

Patrilineal

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8
Q

Professional storyteller

A

Griot

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9
Q

Valuable product

A

Commodity

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10
Q

Process by which fertile land becomes desert land

A

Desertification

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