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