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