Africa Unit Vocabulary

 grassy plain in tropical or subtropical regions

• savanna

• rift valley

• poaching

• desert

The transition between the Sahara to the north and the savanna to the south.

• reserve

• rift valley

• sahel

• desertification

a dormant volcano in Tanzania, it is the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world

• Rift Valley

• African Union

• Escarpment

• Kilimanjaro

a South African anti-apartheid activist and the country's first black president from 1994 to 1999.

• Oral Tradition

• Colonialism

• Nelson Mandela

• Kilimanjaro

barren area of landscape where little rainfall occurs, the Sahara Desert is the largest and hottest  in the world

• desert

• alluvial

• savanna

• dormant

a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

• landlocked

• apartheid

• colonialism

• Imperialism

establishing control over the indigenous people of an area. ie. Europe colonized Africa and America.

• landlocked

• apartheid

• colonialism

• Imperialism

a community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent. The Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Bantu, Kongo and Zulu are among the largest and most well known.

• ethnic group

• desertification

• escarpment

• Imperialism

territory where the preservation of an animal species or natural resource is of particular importance

• dormant

• savanna

• reserve

• sahel

a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa

• apartheid

• transition zone

• reserve

• alluvial