Africa - AJH

2. belief in one god
3. resources only available in limited supply
4. a tall, slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a prayer leader calls muslims to prayer.
6. widespread, sustained shortage of food
7. small pieces of glass, tile, or stone of different colors into another material to make pictures or patterns
12. process of removing dissolved salts from water; producing drinking water from seawater
15. group, people who share a common culture, language, and history
16. a gradual transition from fertile to less productive land, or the spread of deserts
17. tropical grassland
18. people from the countries on the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding territories in SW Asia & north Africa who speak Arabic

1. unrefined oil developed from tiny animals and plants that died millions of years ago nomad, people who have no fixed residence; move from place to place seasonally within a well-defined territory
3. farming, farming to grow only the food for families to eat, not to sell
5. a group of merchants traveling together for safety
8. process of redirecting water to crops using channels and ditches
9. the legal separation of the races that denied black South African citizens rights imperialism, the practice of extending a powerful nation’s influence by controlling the resources of other territories
10. a semiarid grassland that separates the Sahara in the north from tropical grasslands in the south
11. traditional storyteller responsible for keeping oral traditions of the culture and passing it down to the next generation
13. organization of petroleum exporting countries
14. the right to vote