front 1 Desertification | back 1 the process by which an area turns into a desert |
front 2 Hydroelectric power | back 2 the electricity that us created by flowing water |
front 3 Geothermal energy | back 3 the electricity produced by natural, underground sources of steam |
front 4 Imperialism | back 4 a policy by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world |
front 5 Genocide | back 5 the mass murder of people from a particular ethnic group |
front 6 Subsistence Agriculture | back 6 growing only enough food to feed oneself and one's family |
front 7 Oral tradition | back 7 the process of passing stories by word of mouth from generation to generation |
front 8 Poaching | back 8 illegal fishing or hunting |
front 9 Slash-and-burn | back 9 a method of farming that involves cutting clown trees and underbrush and burning that area to create field for crops |
front 10 Colonialism | back 10 a policy based on control of one's country |
front 11 Missionaries | back 11 someone who trues to convert others to a certain religion |
front 12 Trade languages | back 12 a common language that emerges when countries trade with each other |
front 13 Depict | back 13 to show |
front 14 Harmattan | back 14 a wind off the Atlantic coast of Africa that blows from the northeast to the south, carrying large amounts of dust |
front 15 Displace | back 15 to take over a place or position of others |
front 16 Secede | back 16 to withdraw from a group or country |
front 17 Pidgin | back 17 a language formed by combining parts of several different languages |
front 18 Creole | back 18 a group of languages developed by enslaved people on colonial plantations that is a mixture of French, Spanish, and African |
front 19 Kente | back 19 the colorful, handwoven cloth produced in Ghana |
front 20 Infrastructure | back 20 a system of roads and railroads that allows the transportation of materials |
front 21 Landlocked | back 21 having no borders with an ocean or a sea |
front 22 Reservior | back 22 an artificial lake created by a dam |
front 23 Blood Diamond | back 23 diamonds that are sold on the black market, with the proceeds going to provide guns and communication for violence |
front 24 Apatheld | back 24 the system of laws in South Africa aimed at seperating the races |
front 25 Embargo` | back 25 a ban on trade with a particular country |