African Civilization Chapter 8 Set 1
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6 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Desertification | Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting. |
| Slash and Burn Agriculture | a farming method in which people clear fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of which serve to fertilize the soil |
| Sahara | the northern desert of Africa, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea |
| Savanna | grassy plains covering more than 40 percent of the African continent |
| Sahel | land at the southern edge of the Sahara this is increasingly taken over by desert |
| Congo Rain Forest | Limits the movement of people in central Africa due to the tse-tse fly and the thick wetness of the rain forest |
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