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Africa's Geographic Extremes,Chapter 1
This is chapter7,Section 1,Vocabulary words.
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11/02/2009

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Basin
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A region drained by a river system.
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Escarpment
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A steep slope separating two flat areas of different heights.
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Mount Kilimanjaro
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The highest mountain in Africa, in northeast Tanzania.
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Sahara
Definition
The worlds largest desert.
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Victoria Falls
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A 355-foot waterfall on the Zambezi River in South Central Africa.
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Nile River
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The longest river in the world, which empties into the Mediterranean Sea in Northeast Egypt.
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Canopy
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The highest layor in a forest,formed by the treetops.
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Sahel
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A semiarid region just south of the Sahara.
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Desertification
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The change of fertile land to desert.
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Tetonic Plates
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A Latge rigid section of the Earth's crust that is constant motion.
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Savanna
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A grassland in the topics or subtropics.
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Hominid
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A human priate; an early human.
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Bipedal
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Walking on two feet.
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Stone Age
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The eatliest peirod of human culture, in which people used stone tools.
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Animism
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Tje belief that spirits exsit in animals, plants, natural sources, and ancesters.
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Griot
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A west African story teller.
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Stateless Societies
Definition
Groups that have no single authority, but make decisions based on a compromise.
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Lineage
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Descent from an ancester.
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Fossil
Definition
Remains of early life preserved in the ground.
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Culture
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The shared attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors of a group.
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Ancester
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An early relative.
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Domesticate
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To adapt or train plants or animals for animal use.
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Patrilineal
Definition
Descent from father to father.
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