AfricaAfrica

VocabularyVocabulary

Escarpment: a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge

Plateau:a relatively flat highland

Rift Valley:a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust

Savanna:Grassland with scattered trees, found in areas marked by a hot dry season

Horn of Africa:a peninsula of northeastern Africa

Desertification:the spread of desert conditions into areas were not previously desert.

Sahel:The transitional zone between the Sahara Desert (to the north) and equatorial

rainforests (to the south).

animal culling:Removing weaker animals from a herd to assist in herd improvement and maintain herd size.

sustainable development:achieving economic and social goals in ways that can be supported for the long term

Islam:a religion based on a belief in one god and the teaching of Muhammad

Christianity:Monotheistic religion derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Animism:the belief that spirits dwell in objects.

Lingua franca:A lingua franca is any language widely used beyond the population of its native speakers.

Colonialism:controlling other countries and keeping them dependent on the controlling country.

Tribalism:The organization, culture, and/or beliefs of a tribe.

Clans:a group of people united by kinship and descent.

slave trade:the capturing, transporting, buying, and selling of people as slaves. Poverty:Income & resources are below the level needed to meet basic needs

Malnutrition:Ill health caused by lack of food, or quality food

HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus the cause of AIDS

AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeA fatal, incurable disease of the human immune system

Malaria:disease caused by a parasite that infects the red blood cells, transmitted to people by mosquitoes.

infectious disease:A disease that can be transmitted from person to person or from organism to organism

PandemicThe spread of a disease throughout a country, continent, or the world.

Epidemic:Disease that spreads rapidly throughout the people in a community/area

Blood diamonds:Diamonds that help fund and arm terrorists Poaching:illegally killing or taking of an animal/fish/plant for food or profit

GenocideMass killing of a group of an ethnic, racial or political group.

Afrikaans:Official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish.

Apartheid:Policy of racial segregation maintained in South Africa from 1948 to 1991.

Drought:Long period of dry weather.

Famine:A severe shortage of food causing violent hunger, starvation and death