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Vocabulary – Africa South of the Sahara

Chapter 17. Vocabulary – Africa South of the Sahara. A raised area of relatively level land. plateau. A series of broad, steep-walled valleys that stretch from the Red Sea to Mozambique. Great Rift Valley. A semiarid region south of the Sahara. Sahel.

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Vocabulary – Africa South of the Sahara

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  1. Chapter 17 Vocabulary – Africa South of the Sahara

  2. A raised area of relatively level land. • plateau

  3. A series of broad, steep-walled valleys that stretch from the Red Sea to Mozambique. • Great Rift Valley

  4. A semiarid region south of the Sahara. • Sahel

  5. The process by which land that could be farmed or lived on turns into desert.Overgrazing and drought causes this. • desertification

  6. A long period of time without rain. • Drought

  7. Flat grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs. • Savannas

  8. Resources that cannot be replaced or that can be replaced only over millions of years. • Nonrenewable Resources

  9. Resources that can be used and replaced over a relatively short period of time. • Renewable Resources

  10. Scientists who study fossils • paleontologists

  11. The gradual spreading of the Bantu across Africa over 2,000 years. • Bantu Migration

  12. The ruler of Mali during its golden age, from about 1312 to 1332. • Mansa Musa

  13. A person who goes to another country to do religious and social work. • Missionary

  14. The ethnic majority of Rwanda-Burundi. • Hutu

  15. The ethnic minority of Rwanda-Burundi • Tutsi

  16. The belief that one race is inferior to another. • Racism

  17. A variety of cultures and viewpoints. • Diversity

  18. An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in South Africa. • Apartheid

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