Vocab
A change in how you live to fit new conditions
Adaptation
A dry, low rainfall, hot climate
Arid
Crops that are grown to sell and not eat
Cash Crop
The average weather an area has
Climate
Removing trees from an area mainly for land or wood
Deforestation
A hot area with little rainfall
Desert
When an area becomes very dry and turns into a desert
Desert
A very long time without much rainfall
Drought
An action that relates to the buying, selling, or making, of services or goods
Economic Activities
A great area with sand with tall sand dunes in the Sahara
Erg
The eroding of the earth's surface because of wind, water, gravity, and ice.
Erosion
A high, flatland covered in rocks in the Sahara
Hammada
A natural feature that is very different or sticks out like, mountains, plains, valleys, bodies of water, mountain ranges
Landform
An area with a certain type of scenery
Landscape
Land not suitable for grow crops
A spot in a desert with water
Oasis
Herders that move their animals to search for food and water
Pastoral Nomads
A natural characteristic of Earth like landforms
Physical Feature
A matter that falls from the sky like snow, rain, and hail
Precipitation
A desert plain covered in gravel
Reg
An area that is defined by its natural or cultured characteristics that are different from other areas
Region
Using an area for farming until it is depleted, then moving on to a new plot.
Shifting Agriculture
The creation and use of tools for practical use or the tool itself
Technology
The plants and trees in an area
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A usually dry bed of a river in a semiarid or desert
Trade Winds
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Vegetation
A hedge or wall that breaks the force from the wind
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Steady winds in tropical latitudes that blow toward the equator
Windbreak
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Trade winds