BJU Cultural Geography Ch. 19 Vocab

Area that encompasses all of the lands below the Sahara

• Sub-Saharan Africa

• Lower Africa

• The Indian Subcontinent

• The Mediterranean Region

the grasslands of Africa

• savannas

• prairies

• steppes

• deserts

destroys the body's immune system - biggest problem facing Africa today

• HIV/AIDS

• Malnutrition

• Lack of access to clean water

• Poverty

Southern tip of African continent

• Cape of Good Hope

• Table Mountain

• Victoria Falls

• The Great Rift Valley

people of mixed race in South Africa are known as

• Coloureds

• Afrikaners

• Mestizos

• Creoles

third-largest city in southern and eastern Africa

• Cape Town

• Durban

• Nairobi

• Johannesburg

Longest river in South America

• Orange River

• Amazon River

• Congo River

• Nile River

a steep rise from a plain to a plateau

• escarpment

• declivity

• incline

• gradient

second-highest waterfall in the world; found in South Africa

• Tugela Falls

• Angel Falls

• Gullfoss

• Niagara Falls

the most famous of the Bantu tribes of Natal are the

• Zulu

• Xhosa

• Swazi

• Ndebele