CH 8 Sub-Saharan Africa

    Cards (15)

    • Desertification
      Processes that destroy the productive capacity of an area of land
    • Rift Valleys
      A deep valley caused by the rocks of Earth's crust arching and cracking to let down a section of crust to form the valley floor
    • Tropical rain forest
      A forest ecosystem characterized by a great variety of species that are dependent on high temperatures and rainfall
    • Savanna
      A tropical ecosystem that in areas of seasonal rainfall
    • Laterite
      Soils that form in seasonal tropical conditions
    • Desert
      An area that does not support vegetation, often associated with an arid climate
    • Sahel
      The zone immediately to the south of the Sahara desert in Africa that suffers droughts as the arid area expands by natural or human-induced actions
    • Animism
      Traditional religious beliefs based on the worship of natural phenomena and the belief in spirits separable from bodies
    • Hybrid Religion
      A religion that combines ideals, traditions, and customs from two or more separate religions into a single religion
    • Triangular trade pattern
      Pattern of trade in the 1700s that involved Britain, West Africa, and the Americas, driven by the demand for slave labor in North and Central America
    • Berlin Conference
      Conference held by the European nations in 1884 that divided the continent of Africa among themselves, with no political representation from anyone in Africa
    • Apartheid
      The separation of people of different ethnic groups, affecting housing, education, and jobs
    • Subsitence agriculture
      The growing of crops to satisfy local needs
    • Communauté Financierè Africaine (CFA)
      Economic links between France and its former colonies in Africa
    • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

      Organization of Western African countries, founded in 1975 and involved in peacekeeping, a consultative parliament (2002), free trade and movement of labor, and banking.
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