Africa Vocab Flashcards
(17 cards)
Desertification
A process that a fertile land has become a desert
Colonization
A country that takes control of another area
Imperialism
The policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries
Subsistence agriculture
System of farming intended to provide a self-sufficient lifestyle for the farmer and family. Crops and livestock are maintained to support family needs with little or no excess produced for marketing.
Apartheid
Segregation on ground other of races
Sub-Saharan
The Desert
Sahel
The arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad
Genocide
The deliberate killing of a large group of people
Berlin Conference
A meeting between the Europeans Nations to creat rules on how to peacefully divide Africa
Refugee
A person who is forced to leaved
Brain drain
The Emigration Of highly trained or intelligent people
Infrastructure
The basic physical and organizational structure and facilities
Great Rift Valley
It is a very long Valley that was formed a long time ago
Columbian Exchange
It is a trade that American brings Africans to America but dying by the diseases that the Americans had
Levels of (economic) Development
It has multiple levels of the economic they have
Pandemic
A disease that prevalent over the whole world
Animism
The belief of the supernatural power
