Practice for Fall 2023 SS Benchmark

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What is an ethnic group?

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a group of people who share a common language, culture and history

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A poor country with limited industry, where agriculture remains important, and incomes are generally low is called a(n) _________________.

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Developing Country

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% of people who can read and write

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Literacy Rate

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Total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year

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GDP

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Most Muslims live in northern Africa and are part of the ________ ethnic group.

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Arab

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Elected as the last white South African president in 1989. He legalized the African National Congress (ANC) and also released Nelson Mandela from prison. This started a new era in South Africa and ended apartheid.

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F.W. de Klerk

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Leader of the African National Congress who was jailed for his opposition to apartheid in South Africa: later elected president in 1994 when free elections were established.

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Nelson Mandela

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Discrimination based on one's race or color of one's skin; happened in South Africa.

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Apartheid

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Between the Sahara and the Savanna

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A Sahel

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Desertification is caused by: overpopulation, migration, and decline; deforestation, drought, and overgrazing; sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation; crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides.

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deforestation, drought, and overgrazing