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Answered Questions
Desertification - -processes that destroy the productivity capacity of an area
of land
- Rift Valleys - -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 - -forest ecosystem characterized by a great variety of
species that are dependent on high temperatures and rainfalls
- Savanna - -tropical ecosystem that in areas of seasonal rainfall; dominated
by grasses
- Laterite - -soils that form in seasonal tropical climates
- ç - -area that does not support vegetation, arid climates
- Sahel - -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 religions - -religion that combines ideals, traditions, & customs
from two or more separate religions
- Triangular trade pattern - -pattern of trade in the 1700's that involved
Britain, West Africa, and the Americas, driven by demand for slave labor
- Berlin Conference - -held by European nations in 1884 that divided the
continent of Africa among themselves
- Apartheid - -separation of people of different ethnic groups, affecting
housing, education, and jobs
- Subsistence agriculture - -growing of crops to satisfy local needs
- Communauté Financierè Africaine - -economic links between France and
its former colonies in Africa
, - Economic Community of West African States - -organization of western
African countries, involved peacekeeping, a consultative parliament, free
trade, and movement of labor
- East African community - -grouping of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda,
launched in 1967
- Southern African Development community - -established by countries in
Southern Africa that were opposed to South Africa's apartheid policy in order
to organize alternative trade outlets
- HIV/AIDS - -disease affecting the immune system that is particularly
prevalent in Southern Africa
- Pandemic - -disease occurring over a wide area and affecting a high
proportion of the population
- Shantytowns - -unplanned residential sector of urban areas in poorer
countries
- African Union - -organization that combines all African countries since
2001
- New Partnership for Africa's development - -South African organization
dedicated to African development through African-based efforts
- Gondwanaland - -former huge continent from which the southern
continents and Indian peninsula broke away
- Great Dividing Range - -Australia's one significant mountain chain running
along the continent's east coast
- Great Barrier Reef - -The Earth's largest continuous chain of coral located
off the northeastern coast of Australia
- Transform Plate Margin - -Area where plates slide horizontally along one
another
- Barrier reef - -A coral reef structure surrounding an island and separated
from it by a lagoon. The Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland, Australia
- Transantarctic Mountains - -One of the Earth's longest continuous
mountain chains and a continuation of the Andes Mountains; divide
Antarctica into East and West Antarctica
Answered Questions
Desertification - -processes that destroy the productivity capacity of an area
of land
- Rift Valleys - -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 - -forest ecosystem characterized by a great variety of
species that are dependent on high temperatures and rainfalls
- Savanna - -tropical ecosystem that in areas of seasonal rainfall; dominated
by grasses
- Laterite - -soils that form in seasonal tropical climates
- ç - -area that does not support vegetation, arid climates
- Sahel - -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 religions - -religion that combines ideals, traditions, & customs
from two or more separate religions
- Triangular trade pattern - -pattern of trade in the 1700's that involved
Britain, West Africa, and the Americas, driven by demand for slave labor
- Berlin Conference - -held by European nations in 1884 that divided the
continent of Africa among themselves
- Apartheid - -separation of people of different ethnic groups, affecting
housing, education, and jobs
- Subsistence agriculture - -growing of crops to satisfy local needs
- Communauté Financierè Africaine - -economic links between France and
its former colonies in Africa
, - Economic Community of West African States - -organization of western
African countries, involved peacekeeping, a consultative parliament, free
trade, and movement of labor
- East African community - -grouping of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda,
launched in 1967
- Southern African Development community - -established by countries in
Southern Africa that were opposed to South Africa's apartheid policy in order
to organize alternative trade outlets
- HIV/AIDS - -disease affecting the immune system that is particularly
prevalent in Southern Africa
- Pandemic - -disease occurring over a wide area and affecting a high
proportion of the population
- Shantytowns - -unplanned residential sector of urban areas in poorer
countries
- African Union - -organization that combines all African countries since
2001
- New Partnership for Africa's development - -South African organization
dedicated to African development through African-based efforts
- Gondwanaland - -former huge continent from which the southern
continents and Indian peninsula broke away
- Great Dividing Range - -Australia's one significant mountain chain running
along the continent's east coast
- Great Barrier Reef - -The Earth's largest continuous chain of coral located
off the northeastern coast of Australia
- Transform Plate Margin - -Area where plates slide horizontally along one
another
- Barrier reef - -A coral reef structure surrounding an island and separated
from it by a lagoon. The Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland, Australia
- Transantarctic Mountains - -One of the Earth's longest continuous
mountain chains and a continuation of the Andes Mountains; divide
Antarctica into East and West Antarctica
