Unit 5 - Sub-Saharan Africa
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Vocabulary Term
Definition


The business of producing crops to sell.



The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.



A long period of food shortage.



In Sub-Saharan Africa, a semiarid grassland that separates the Sahara in the north from tropical grasslands in the south.



Farming to grow only enough food for families to eat, not to sell.



An incurable (cannot be cured) disease that is a huge or major problem in Africa.



A farm crop sold for profit.



The legal separation of the races; a system that denied black South Africans their rights.



Grassland, as in south of Sub-Saharan Africa.



The lack of enough food or nourishment.



A person who flees a place to find safety.




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