The expanse of salt water that covers most of the Earth's surface and surrounds its land masses
Sea
100
The science and business of producing and raising crops
Agriculture
100
A group of people that resist a regime and rise up against it with violence
Rebels
100
When there is a lack of something (not enough)
Scarcity
100
The dislike of another person, solely based on skin color
Racism
200
A manmade water way that connects one sea to another
Canal
200
The largest hot desert in the world(and in Africa)
Saharan Desert
200
The act of intimidating and instilling fear in others through violence
Terrorism
200
Where people who have been forced out of their country live
Refugee Camps
200
When a government in power is removed by force
Revolution
300
An artificial waterway in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea (It has saved thousands of miles in travel and a lot of money in commerce.)
Suez Canal
300
The name for the part of Africa located south of the Saharan Desert
Sub Saharan
300
When a country fights itself
Civil War
300
A person who is forced of their country because of war, political oppression, or famine.
Refugee
300
The act of taking control over the native people of an area
Colonization
400
A very fertile, triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river
Delta
400
A way to get water to a dry area so that crops may grow
Irrigation
400
The mass killing based on race, religion, or beliefs
Genocide
400
Safety from problems occurring in your home country
Asylum
400
The system in which power is EVENLY distributed. No one person holds all the power.
checks and balances
500
The lake that sits at the end of the Nile river
Lake Victoria
500
Dirt that has very good quality(often due to silt from rivers)
Fertile soil
500
The Rwandan Genocide was initiated by the ______ who had been treated as "less than" by ______(the smaller group), killing almost a million people.
Hutus.... Tutsis
500
A person forced out of their home because of war, political oppression, or famine, but remains IN their home country.
Displaced person
500
You must be aware of ________ when considering historical accounts and form YOUR own opinion with all the information given.