GWA Africa Vocab.

Question 1

Escarpment

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A long steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau

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Cataract

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A large waterfall

Question 2

Hydroelectric Power

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A form of renewable energy that uses water stored in dams and rivers to create electricity

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Leaching

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Loss of water soluble plant nutrients from the soil due to rain and irrigation (flooding)

Question 4

Drought

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A period of time where an area or region experiences below normal precipitation

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Pharaoh

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The heads of state and the religious leaders of their people & A title of an ancient Egyptian King

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Hieroglyphics

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A system that employs characters in the form of pictures. Form used on Ancient Egyptian monuments

Question 7

Mosque

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A Muslim place of worship

Question 8

City-State

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An independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its neighboring territory

Question 9

Lineage

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A group of individuals tracing descent from a common ancestor

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Consensus

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Generally agreement amongst a group of people

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Apartheid

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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

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Polygamy

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The practice of one man being married to a least two women simultaneously

Question 12

Age Grade

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An age-based social organization system

Question 12

Abolition

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The act of officially ending or stopping something

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Diaspora

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A large group of people who share a cultural regional origin but are living away from their traditional homeland

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Elite

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A small group of powerful people who hold disproportionate amount of wealth

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Boycott

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Economic, political, or social relations to protest practices that are regarded as unfair

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Guerrilla Warfare

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A type of asymmetric warfare: competition between opponents of unequal strength

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Secede

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To go your own way, breaking off ties. They are no longer a beneficial

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Socialism

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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

Question 19

Tropics

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Regions of Earth that lie roughly in the middle of the globe