Africa
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sahara Desert | Largest Desert in the World |
| Atlas Mountains | Northwest Africa, extension of the Alps |
| The Great Rift Valley | 4000 mile split in African Continent |
| Mt. Kilamanjaro | Peak @ 19,000 feet, highest in Africa |
| The Serengeti Plain | 5700 miles of wildlife-Great Migration |
| The Congo River | 5th largest River in the world |
| Lake Victoria | Located in Uganda & Tanzania between the west & east rift valley |
| The Nile River | Flows 4000 miles northward |
| Aswan Dam | located in Egypt to gather hydroelectric power |
| Zambezi River | this river rushes over Victoria Falls |
| Kalahari Desert | Located in Southern Africa in Botswana & Zambia |
| Hydroelectric Power | Power created by fast moving water |
| Desertification | environmental change where semi-desert climate turns into desert |
| The Sahel | transition zone from desert to grassland |
| Victoria Falls | this natural feature was named by David Livingstone after Queen Victoria |
| Berlin Conference | 1884 Meeting w/European nations & no African nations to decide how to carve up control of the continent |
| European Motives for Colonization of Africa | Religious, Economic, Political |
| Apartheid | Strict system of laws in South Africa to discriminate against black Africans |
| Nelson Mandela | worked to be elected to a free South Africa to help restore freedom to blacks |
| Middle Passage | The longest leg of the slave trading journey, from Africa to the Americas |
| Triangular Trade | The system of exchange of goods, raw materials & slaves from Europe, the Americas and Africa |
| Extended Family | Shared a common living area, combined resources, may include numerous nuclear families |
| Lineage Links | Tracing heritage to a common ancestor |
| Tribal Government | Consensus-direct democracy-good of the community over the individual |
| Matrilineal Family Organization | Family lineage traced through mother's side of the family |
| Patrilineal Family Organization | Family lineage traced through father's side of the family |
| Griot | African story teller-traced history through song, stories, dancing |
| Islam, Judaism, Christianity in Africa | Example of cultural diffusion |
| Ethnic Group | Common heritage or home village, sometimes defined by language group |
| Bride Wealth | Gift from groom to bride's family to compensate for loss of economic resources |
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