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World Cultures Africa South Of The Sahara
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1. A triangular section of land formed by sand and silt carried downriver
Ecotourism
Savanna
Pidgin
Delta
2. Dissolve and carry away
Leach
Escarpments
South Africa
atriarchal
3. A triangular section of land formed by sand and silt carried downriver
Delta
Conservation Farming
Shifting Cultivation
Commercial Farming
4. Separation of the races
Service Centers
Poaching
Apartheid
Domesticated
5. Waterfalls
Commercial Farming
Nuclear Family
Cataracts
Universal Suffrage
6. One of the deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world
Lake Tanganyika
Cataracts
Carrying Capacity
Universal Suffrage
7. Crops that are grown and sold for profit
Urbanization
Conservation Farming
Subsistence Farming
Cash Crops
8. A method in which farmers move every one to three years to find better soil
Harmattan
Coup d'etat
Shifting Cultivation
Cash Crops
9. Illegal hunting
Lake Victoria
Poaching
Shifting Cultivation
Cataracts
10. Common language
Lingua Franca
Great Rift Valley
E-Commerce
Rift Valley
11. Fractures in the Earth's crust
Nuclear Family
Faults
Apartheid
Sahel
12. Hot - dry air
South Africa
Service Centers
Clans
Harmattan
13. Large groups of people descended from an early common ancestor
Lake Victoria
Clans
Nuclear Family
Savanna
14. A large depression in the Earth's surface formed by shifting tectonic plates
Commercial Farming
Desertification
Nuclear Family
Rift Valley
15. A method in which farmers move every one to three years to find better soil
Delta
Domesticated
Lake Victoria
Shifting Cultivation
16. Occurs when long periods of drought and land use destroy the vegetation
Carrying Capacity
Harmattan
Conservation Farming
Desertification
17. Common language
Lingua Franca
Delta
Desertification
Urbanization
18. Passage where freshwater meets seawater
Escarpments
Pidgin
E-Commerce
Estuary
19. Shore or edge in Arabic
Estuary
Leach
Sedentary Farming
Sahel
20. Tamed
Domesticated
Faults
Cataracts
Subsistence Farming
21. Headed by a male family member
Sanitation
Subsistence Farming
atriarchal
Cash Crops
22. Convenient business locations for rural dwellers who travel there by foot - bus - or boat
Estuary
E-Commerce
Savanna
Service Centers
23. Separation of the races
Poaching
Cataracts
Apartheid
Serengeti Plain
24. One of the deepest and longest freshwater lakes in the world
Lake Tanganyika
Leach
Lingua Franca
Lake Victoria
25. One of the world's largest savanna plains
Serengeti Plain
Estuary
Sedentary Farming
Sanitation
26. Voting rights for all adult citizens
Escarpments
Clans
Universal Suffrage
Serengeti Plain
27. Farming that produces crops on a large scale
Commercial Farming
Lake Tanganyika
Subsistence Farming
Sanitation
28. The largest lake in Africa
Lake Victoria
Domesticated
Harmattan
Oral Tradition
29. An overthrow of the government
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30. Selling and buying on the Internet
E-Commerce
Poaching
Great Rift Valley
Shifting Cultivation
31. Agriculture conducted at permanent settlements
Oral Tradition
Subsistence Farming
Lake Victoria
Sedentary Farming
32. Waterfalls
Cataracts
Lake Tanganyika
Serengeti Plain
Coup d'etat
33. Dissolve and carry away
Leach
atriarchal
Rift Valley
Harmattan
34. Tamed
Carrying Capacity
Lake Tanganyika
Lingua Franca
Domesticated
35. The world's largest producer of gold (country)
Commercial Farming
South Africa
Service Centers
atriarchal
36. Disposal of waste products
Subsistence Farming
Sanitation
Rift Valley
Lake Victoria
37. Tropical grasslands with scattered trees
Savanna
Poaching
Ecotourism
Pidgin
38. Farming that produces crops on a large scale
Sedentary Farming
Cash Crops
Commercial Farming
Clans
39. Passage where freshwater meets seawater
Rift Valley
Nuclear Family
Estuary
Conservation Farming
40. Movement of people from rural areas to cities
Subsistence Farming
Urbanization
Clans
Desertification
41. Hot - dry air
Serengeti Plain
Poaching
Cataracts
Harmattan
42. Voting rights for all adult citizens
Lingua Franca
Domesticated
atriarchal
Universal Suffrage
43. The practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth
Oral Tradition
Cash Crops
Universal Suffrage
Harmattan
44. Small-scale agriculture that provides primarily for the needs of a family or village
Subsistence Farming
Ecotourism
Universal Suffrage
Desertification
45. Tropical grasslands with scattered trees
Great Rift Valley
Savanna
Serengeti Plain
Nuclear Family
46. Illegal hunting
Subsistence Farming
atriarchal
Poaching
Serengeti Plain
47. Family structure made up of husband - wife - and children
Nuclear Family
Lake Victoria
Commercial Farming
Cataracts
48. Natural wonder that stretches from Syria to Mozambique in southeastern Africa
Great Rift Valley
Habitats
Faults
atriarchal
49. The number of people an area of land can support on a sustained basis
Carrying Capacity
Rift Valley
Clans
Great Rift Valley
50. Crops that are grown and sold for profit
Serengeti Plain
Pidgin
Cash Crops
Oral Tradition