Africa Geography Vocab

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Semiarid area between the Sahara and wetter regions

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Sahel

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Flat grasslands with scattered trees that survive dry spells.

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Savanna

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Land suitable for farming

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Arable Land

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Change from arable land to desert

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desertification

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Loss of forest cover

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Deforestation

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Life-threatening disease spread by mosquitoes

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Malaria

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Africans traded gold for Arab salt.

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Salt Trade

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Enslaved Africans brought to work on colonial plantations

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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Voyage across the Atlantic, part of the triangle trade. Many Enslaved Africans died during this journey.

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Middle Passage

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Policy where one country rules others by settling there.

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Colonialism