Vocabulary-Africa Flashcards
The average of people living in a given area.
Population density
A program to reform the structure of an economy.
Structural adjustment program
A open air market; a street lined with shops and stalls
Bazaar
Wealth in the form of money or property owned or used in business.
Capital
A usually dry riverbed or gully that temporarily holds water from a sudden downpour
Wadi
A large group of merchants who join together to travel in safety
Caravan
A market in an Arab community
Souk
A person who flees the country to escape the danger or unfair treatment
Refugee
The religious belief that such thing as trees,rivers,and the sky contain gods or spirits
Animism
A dividing ridge between two basins
Watershed
A system of government in which one ethnic group rules over the others
Ethanocracy
Region in Africa just south of the Sahara
Sahel
The system be which countries set up colonies to secure sources of raw materials and markets for their products
Colonialism
An area of high flat land
Platue
A steep cliff that separates two level areas of differing elevations
Escarpment
Type of natural vegetation that is adapted to Mediterranean climates; small evergreen trees and low bushes, or scrubs
Chaparral
Tropical grassland with scattered trees, located in the warm lands near the equator
Savanna
History passed down by word of mouth
Oral history
Practice of moving flocks to different pastures throughout the year
Nomadic herding
Dissolving and washing away of nutrients in the soil
Leaching
Reduction on the productive potential of the land
Land degradation
Land that forms at the mouth of some rivers by soil that is dropped as the river slows and enters the sea
Delta
Wind storm that blows dust, hot air, and grit
Sandstorm
In Egypt, a system by which water and silt were controlled by embankments and time released to irrigate farmlands
Basin irrigation
Natural or artificial lake used to collect water for human needs
Reservoir
Irrigation system used that provides necessary water to the land throughout the year
Perennial irrigation
Old section of a North African city, usually centered around a mosque
Median
Food for grazing animals
Forage
Process of stripping the land of its trees
Deforestation
Sudden overflow of a ruler or government, often involving violet force or the threat of force
Coup
