GWA Africa Vocab. Flashcards
Escarpment
A long steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau
Cataract
A large waterfall
Hydroelectric Power
A form of renewable energy that uses water stored in dams and rivers to create electricity
Leaching
Loss of water soluble plant nutrients from the soil due to rain and irrigation (flooding)
Drought
A period of time where an area or region experiences below normal precipitation
Pharaoh
The heads of state and the religious leaders of their people & A title of an ancient Egyptian King
Hieroglyphics
A system that employs characters in the form of pictures. Form used on Ancient Egyptian monuments
Mosque
A Muslim place of worship
City-State
An independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its neighboring territory
Lineage
A group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor
Consensus
Generally agreement amongst a group of people
Apartheid
Aimed to separate minoritarian white pop. from the black population, by designing prohibited to black people. A former policy of segregation against non-white majority
Polygamy
The practice of one man being married to a least two women simultaneously
Age Grade
An age-based social organization system
Abolition
The act of officially ending or stopping something
Diaspora
A large group of people who share a cultural regional origin but are living away from their traditional homeland
Elite
A small group of powerful people who hold disproportionate amount of wealth
Boycott
Economic, political, or social relations to protest practices that are regarded as unfair
Guerrilla Warfare
A type of asymmetric warfare: competition between opponents of unequal strength
Secede
To go your own way, breaking off ties. They are no longer a beneficial
Socialism
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole
Tropics
Regions of Earth that lie roughly in the middle of the globe
