Basin
a bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having faucets
connected to a water supply
Aquifer
An underground layer of rock that stores water
Canopy
The area encompassing the tops of the trees in a rain forest, about
150 feet above ground
Berlin Conference
A conference of 14 European nations held in 1884-1885 in Berlin,
Germany, the establish rules for political control
Pandemic
A disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area
Rai
A kind of popular Algerian music development in the 1920's by poor
urban children that is fact-paced with danceable rhythms; was
sometimes used as a form of rebellion to expose political unhappiness
Ashanti
A people who live in what is now Ghana, in West Africa, and who are
known for their artful weaving of colorful asasia, or kente cloth
Commodity
An agricultural or mining product that can be sold
AIDS
a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular
immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy
Malaria
An infectious disease of the red blood cells, carried by mosquitoes,
that is characterized by chills, fever, and sweating
Escarpment
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top
Oasis
A place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface; it
supports vegetation and wildlife
Desertification
An expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts
Cash Crop
A crop grown for direct sale, and not for use in a region, such as
coffee, tea, and sugar in Africa
Masai
A member of a pastoral people living in Tanzania and Kenya
Stateless Society
One in which people use lineages, or families whose members are
descended from a common ancestor, to govern themselves
Apartheid
A policy of complete separation of the races, instituted by the white
minority government of South Africa on 1948
Diversify
To increase the variety of products in a country's economy; to
promote manufacturing and other industries in order to achieve growth
and stability
Cholera
A treatable infectious disease that can be fatal and is caused by a
lack of adequate sanitation and a clean water supply
Tuberculosis
A respiratory infection spread by human contact, which often
accompanies AIDS