Africa

Question 0

Colonialism

Answer 0

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Question 1

Sahel

Answer 1

Semiarid zone, western and north-central Africa. Extending from Senegal eastward to The Sudan, it forms a narrow transitional band between the arid Sahara to the north and the humid savannas to the south.

Question 2

Leaching

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(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, esp. rainwater.

Question 3

Land degradation

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is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.

Question 4

Bazaar

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Market in middle eastern country

Question 5

Perrinial irrigation

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y crops were regularly watered throughout the growing season by coaxing water through a matrix of small channels formed in the field.

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Wadi

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Valley, ravine, or channel that is empty except for during rainy season

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Caravan

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Group of people traveling across the desert in Asia or North Africa

Question 8

Medina

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the old Arab or non-European quarter of a North African town.

Question 9

Shifting agriculture

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a form of agriculture, used esp. in tropical Africa, in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a few years and then abandoned for a new area until its fertility has been naturally restored.

Question 10

Deforestation

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the clearing of trees, transforming a forest into cleared land.

Question 11

Desertification

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process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought, deforestation, or inappropriate agriculture.

Question 12

Refugee

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Person forced to leave their country as result of war, natural disaster, or persecution

Question 13

Landlocked

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Surrounded by land on all sides

Question 14

Inland delta

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River deltas form when a river carrying sediment reaches either (1) a body of standing water, such as a lake, ocean, or reservoir, (2) another river that cannot remove the sediment quickly enough to stop delta formation, or (3) an inland region where the water spreads out and deposits sediments.

Question 15

Coup

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Sudden illegal violent seizure by gov

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Ancestor worship

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Veneration of the dead or ancestor reverence is based on the beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.

Question 17

Animism

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Believing plants and animals have souls

Question 18

Mercenary

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Professional soldier for foreign army

Question 19

Barter

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Trade goods instead of money

Question 20

Harambee

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Kenyan tradition of community self-help events, e.g. fundraising or development activities.

Question 21

Ethnocracy

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form of government where representatives of a particular ethnic group hold a number of government posts disproportionately large to the percentage of the total population that the particular ethnic group

Question 22

Apartheid

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policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.

Question 23

Enclave

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a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.