Africa: Lesson 2 Vocabulary

4. to change from one system, use, or method to another that is quite different
8. franca a common language used among people with different native languages
11. occurring at irregular intervals; occasional
13. a belief in the right of a nation to be an independent state
15. to improve or increase
16. the extent of an activity or influence
18. small-scale agriculture that provides for the needs of a family or village, but little more
24. an ancient writing system used in Egypt in which pictures and symbols represent words or sounds
27. a family that is headed by a male family member
28. crop a farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family
32. to adapt plants and animals from the wild for human use
33. the set of systems that affect how well a place or organization operates, such as telephone or transportation systems, within a country
34. pertaining to traditional religious beliefs in which nature and objects, such as animals and mountains, are thought to have spirits
35. most important, consequential, or influential
36. the practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth

1. a commodity produced and sent from one country to another for purposes of trade
2. situation in which land is repeatedly farmed so that the soil nutrients are depleted
3. the disposal of trash and human waste
4. growing large quantities of crops or livestock in order to sell them for a profit
5. farming that provides the basic needs of a family with little surplus
6. an overall plan that establishes goals and determines procedures, decisions, and actions
7. the disposal of waste products
9. a member of a wandering pastoral people
10. traditional oral historians, storytellers, singers, and musicians of West Africa
12. a large group of people descended from the same ancestor
14. member of the nomadic desert peoples of North Africa and Southwest Asia
17. a fixed limit or extent that typically follows straight lines
19. to blend or thoroughly combine
20. buying and selling on the Internet
21. about or nearly
22. native to a place
23. the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas
25. a family unit made up of a husband, wife, and children
26. possible or likely
27. one associated with another, especially in an action
29. the center of an activity or region
30. a large commercial farm growing crops for export
31. to prevent or forbid by authority