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Nelson mandella one of the leaders of the africian national congress who led a struggle to end apartheid and was elected 4 president in 1994 in the first all-race election in south africa.
apartheid a policy a complete seperation ofthe races, instituted by the white minority government of south africa.
mutapa empire the muslim empire established by the early 1500s over much of indian, which brought with it new customs that sometimes conflicted with those of native hindus.
great zimbabwe a city established in what is how zimbabwe by the shona around 1000, it became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area.
fang sculpture carved boxes containing the skulls and bones of deceased ancestors, created by the fang, who live in gabon,southern cameroon, and equatorial Guinea.
bantu migration the movement of the bantu peoples southward throghout africa, spreading their language and culture, from around 500 b.c. to around A.D 1000
Ashanti people who live in what is now called Ghana, in west africa, and who are known fro their artful weaving and colorful asasia, or kente cloth.
stateless society is one in which people rely on family lineages to govern themselves, rather than an elected government ro monarch.
Goree island an island off the coast of senegal that served as a major departure point for slaves during the slave trade.
rai is a kind of music developed in the 1920s by poor urban children.
islam a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of prophet muhammad, and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North africa.
carthage one of the great empires of ancient africa, situated on a triangular peninsula on the gulf of tunis on the coast of the mediterranean sea.
pandemic an uncontrollable outbreak of a disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area
Masai 2 ehtnic group in east africa
cash crops a crop grown for direct fale and not for use in a region
Berlin conference a conference of 14 european nations held in 1884-1885 in berlin, germany, to establish rules for political control of africa
silt sediment on farmland
desertification an expansion of dry conditions into moist areas that are next to the deserts
canopy uppermost layer of branches about 150 feet above the ground
serengeti plain in the northern Tanzani. dry climate and hard soil prevent the growth of trees but perfect for growing grass.
aquifers stores ground water
escarpment steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top.
rift valleys long, thin valleys
nile river longest river in the world, and flows more then 4,000 miles through uganda, sudan and into egypt
basin depressions
runoff rainfall not absorbed by soil that runs into streams and rivers.
taiga nearly continuous belt of evergreen conferous forests across the northern hemisphere, in the north america and eurasia
continentality regions distance from the moderating influence of the sea
chernozem black earth
anti-semitism discrimination against jewish people
folk art produced by rural people with traditional lifestyles instead of by professional artists.
market economy industries make the goods consumers want to buy
satellite nations nations dominated by another country
balkanization the process of a region breaking up into small, mutually hostile units
cultural crossroads place where various cultures cross paths.
silicon glen section of scotland between glasgow and edinburgh
parliament representative law making body whose members are elected or appointed.
Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, iceland, Norway, and Sweden
Berlin wall a wall erected by east Geramany in 1961 to cut the capital of berlin in 2, and later dismantled in 1989
Holocaust the Nazi program of mass murder of european jews during world war 2
nationalism the belief that poeple should be loyal to their nation, the people wiht whom they share land , culture, and history
reformation a period when many christians broke away from the catholic church and started protestant to fight religoius wars that tore europe apart.
aqueducts structures that carried water for long distance and muslim mosques, places of worship
renaissance in the italian city-states and was a time of renwed interest in learning and the arts that lasted from the 14th centure to the 16h
crusades a series of wars to take palestine form the muslims
republic a government in which citizens elect representatives to rule in their name.
city-state a political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands.
ijsselmeer salt lake river but then turned into a fresh lake
zuider zee an arm of the north sea and now ia fresh water lake
terpen dikes and high earthen platforms
seaworks structures that are used to control the sea's destructive impact on human life
polder land that is reclaimed by diking and draining
dikes earthen banks
sirocco hot, steady south wind that blows from north africa across the mediterranean sea into southern europe
mistral cold, dry wind from the north
peat partially decayed plant matter found in bogs
massif central one sixth of french lands are located in the uplands
meseta mountains of brittany in france, and the central plateau of spain
uplands hill or very low mountains that my also contain ancient mountain ranges
fjords steep u-shped valleys that connect to the sea and that filled with seawater after glaciers melted.
capoeira martial are and dacne that developed in brazil from african origins
samba a brazilain dance with african influences
carnival the most colorful feast dsy in brazil
treaty of tordesillas important role in the colonizatino of south america by spain and portugal
mercosur economic common market that began in the southern cone of south america in 1996
quechua language of the inca
inca descendants of people who came across a land bridge form siberia to alaska and eventually crossed the isthmus of panama into south america
informal economy takes place out side official channels, without benefits or protection for workers
reggae music developed in jamaica
calypso music began in trindad
panama canal a ship canal cut through panama connecting the caribbean sea with the pacific ocean
cultural health place from which important ideas spread
NAFTA the important trade agreement that created a huge zone of cooperation on trade and economic issues
maquiladoras factories in mexico taht assemble imported materials into finsihed products that are then exported.
mestizo population of mixed spanish and native american heritage
PRI it helped influence democracy and maintain political stability for much of the 20th centurey
spanish conquest the rich fabric of native life in mexico was torn apart
tenochtitlan the site today of mexico city
infrastructure the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communication, transportations, water, sanitation, and education systems
pull factors a factor that draws or attracts people to another location
push factors a factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region
terraced farming an ancient technique fro growing crops on hillsides or mountain slopes, using step-like horizontal fields cut into the slopes
slash and burn a way of clearing fields for planting by cutting trees, brush, and grasses and burning them.
rain forest are dense forest made up of differernt species of trees
parana river a river in central south america and one of its three major ribver systems, originating in the highlands of southern brazil traveling about 3,000 miles south and west.
amazon river the second longest river in the world and one of its three major river systems, running about 4,000 miles from west to east and emptying into the atlantic ocean
orinocco river a river mainly in venezuela and part of south americas northernmost river system.
pampas areas of grasslands and rich soil. found in uraguy and argentina
cerrado savannaa with flat terrain with moderate rainfall that make them suitable for farming
llanos a large, grassy, treeless are in south america, used fro grazing and farming
andes mountains south american continent are part of a chain of mountain ranges.

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natalia13 : Changed chernozem → balck earth to chernozem → black earth
natalia13 : Changed meseta → mountains of brittany in france, and the central plateauof spain to meseta → mountains of brittany in france, and the central plateau of spain
natalia13 : Changed great zimbabwe → a city established in what is how simbabwe by the shona around 1000, it became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area. to great zimbabwe → a city established in what is how zimbabwe by the shona around 1000, it became the capital of a thriving gold-trading area.
natalia13 : Changed parliament → representative lawmaking body whose member are elected or appointed. to parliament → representative law making body whose members are elected or appointed.
natalia13 : Changed informal economy → takes place out side official channels, without benefits or protection fro workers to informal economy → takes place out side official channels, without benefits or protection for workers
natalia13 : Changed canopy → uppermost layer of branches aobut 150 feet above the ground to canopy → uppermost layer of branches about 150 feet above the ground
natalia13 : Changed basins → depressions to basin → depressions
natalia13 : Changed seaworks → structures taht are used to control the sea's destructiveimpact on human life to seaworks → structures that are used to control the sea's destructive impact on human life
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  1. inca → descendants of people who came across a land bridge form siberia to alaska and eventually crossed the isthmus of panama into south america - 3 misses
  2. Ashanti → people who live in what is now called Ghana, in west africa, and who are known fro their artful weaving and colorful asasia, or kente cloth. - 2 misses
  3. Masai → 2 ehtnic group in east africa - 2 misses
  4. escarpment → steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. - 2 misses
  5. runoff → rainfall not absorbed by soil that runs into streams and rivers. - 2 misses
  6. continentality → regions distance from the moderating influence of the sea - 2 misses
  7. mistral → cold, dry wind from the north - 2 misses