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escarpment
steep, jagged slopes or cliffs
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cataract
towering waterfalls
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rift valley
a large crack formed by earthquakes
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fault
a crack or break in the earth's crust
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delta
a deposit at a river's mouth that looks like the greek letter
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estuary
a passage where freshwater meets seawater
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leach
dissolves and carries away nutriants
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harmattan
hot, dry, northeast trade wind
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savanna
tropical grassland containing scattered trees
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sanitation
disposal of waste products
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urbanization
the movement of people from rural areas to cities
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domesticate
to tame animals
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apartheid
speration of races
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clan
large group of people related to one another
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nuclear family
family group made of husband, wife, and kids
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subsistence farming
producing just enough food for a family or village to survive
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shifting farming
method in which farmers move every few years to find better soil
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sedentart farming
farming on a parmenent settlement
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commercial farming
farming organised as a bisiness
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cash crop
farm crop grown to be sold or traded
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conservation farming
farming that helps protect the enviorment
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infrastructure
the basic urban necessities like streets and utilities
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E-commerce
selling and buying on the internet
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habitat
area where animals and plants live
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extinction
dissapearence from the earth
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ecotourism
tourism based on concern for the enviorment
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micro enterprise
a small bisiness with little or no employees
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gender based division of labor
division of work based on gender
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6 facts about AIDS
- -30% of the people are in Africa
- -South Africa was hit hardest
- -leading cause of death in Africa
- -Not talked about
- -221/2 million people in Africa
- -Government is agians treatment
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3 Current Events
- Food
- -cost alot ($6 million)
- -a lot of people need to be fed
- -people leave or stay hungry
- Trachoma
- -kills lots of people
- -people can't afford medicine
- -deadly eye disease
- Nigeria Oil
- -Nigeria is rich in oit
- -Oil companys are stealing it
- -destroying enviorment
- -Gov/people aren't getting money
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