Africa Vocabulary Check 1

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

• Apartheid

• Animism

• Swahili

• Souks

Land area with very little precipitation.

• Regs

• Ergs

• Souks

• Desert

A Bantu language that is widely spoken in areas of Africa.

• Griots

• Malaria

• Ivory

• Swahili

What is a long period without rain?

• famine

• drought

• deforestation

• desertification

What is the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert?

• deforestation

• drought

• famine

• desertification

What does arid mean?

• a climate with a lot of wind

• a situation with a lot of pollution

• a climate that is very dry

• a period in which there was a lot of war in Africa

What does deforestation mean

• the spreading of the desert

• The spreading of forests

• The cutting down of forests

• I am not sure

Which type of government has the people elect both the executive branch and the legislative branch?

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Republic

• Presidential Democracy

• Direct Democracy

Georgie votes for a local representative. That representative helped select a Prime Minister to run the government. What type of democracy?

• Presidential

• Parliamentary

• Direct

• Indirect

The government tells people what to buy and how much to buy:

• Traditional Economy

• Market Economy

• Command Economy