Africa Vocabulary

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Great "seas' of sand dunes in the Sahara

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Ergs

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Broad, windswept gravel plains in the Sahara

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Regs

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Finely ground soil

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Silt

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Ancient Egyptian kings

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Pharaohs

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Egyptian farmers who own very small plots of land

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Fellahin

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The old fortress and central part of some North African cities

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Casbah

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Marketplaces in North Africa

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Souks

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A dry grasslands region with steppe climate south of the Sahara

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Sahel

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A religious belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits

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Animism

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A grain crop that can survive drought

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Sorghum