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Africa Unit
Physical Regions, Human Factors, and Issues in Africa
8 cards·by rylee.wilkerson
Basin
Area of land drained by a river, usually dips in the earth around a rainforest. Congo Basin is in
the Rainforest in central Africa
Canopy
Top level of rain forest up to 130 feet above ground.
Commerical Farming
Growing large quantities of crops or livestock to sell for profit.
Subsistence Farming
Small-scale agriculture that provides for the needs of a family. No profit involved
Urbanization
Relocation of people from rural countryside to city
Animist
Religious belief in which objects in nature have spirits. Found mostly in Sub-Sahara Africa
Harmattan
Hot, dry winds that blow from the Sahara
Clan
Large group of people descended from one another. Large clans are mostly found in rural Africa
and led by males