| A | B |
|---|
| savanna | large vegetation zone in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Sahel | dry area grasslands in Sub-Sahaharan Africa |
| escarpment | steep cliff at the edge of a plateau |
| rift valleys | nort-south running cracks in the earth's crust |
| drought | little to no rainfall for an extended period of time |
| cacoa | cash crop of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire |
| bodies of water | where most people dwell near in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| dams | structures built to help harness energy that are too expensive for most African countries |
| tsetse fly | infects people with a disease called sleeping sickness |
| Zaire Basin | heart of Africa |
| basin | large bowl-shaped dip in the land |
| hydroelectricity | water used to help provide power (Zaire uses it for its' copper mines) |
| South Africa | richest Sub-Saharan country |
| Lake Victoria | largest lake in the world |
| rain forests | make up a large portion of Sub-Saharan Africa (place with much rain, vegetation, and animals) |
| Nairobi | capital of Kenya |
| Great Rift Valley | largest area of rift valleys |
| trade winds | winds that cause seasonal patterns of rainy and dry seasons (helped determine which way trading ships should sail |
| harmattan | hot dry wind that creates a hot-dry season |
