One of the Bantu languages that belongs to the Niger-Congo group
Swahili
A system of radical segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party (NP) governments, the ruling party from 1948 to 1994
Apartheid
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top
Escarpment
An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt) from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well.
Aquifer
An area that receives little rainfall. A type of land degradation in which a relatively dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well vegetation and wildlife.
Desertification
An uncontrollable outbreak of disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area
Pandemic
A society in which people use to rely on family lineage to govern themselves rather than an elected government or monarch.
Stateless society
A marriage that includes more than two partners. When a man has more than one wife it is called ____. When a women has more than one husband it is called ____.
Polygamy; polygyny; polyandry
An extreme and long-term shortage of food which causes widespread hunger and sometimes death to millions of people