| A | B |
|---|
| mangrove | tropical tree with roots that extend both above and beneath the water |
| savanna | broad grassland in the Tropics with few trees |
| harmattan | dry, dusty wind that blows south from the Sahara |
| subsistence farm | small plot where a farmer grows only enough food to feed his own family |
| cacao | tropical tree whose seeds are used to make chocolate and cocoa |
| compound | group of houses surrounded by walls |
| civil war | fight among different groups within a country |
| overgraze | to allow livestock to strip areas so bare that plants cannot grow back |
| drought | long period of extreme dryness |
| desertification | process by which grasslands change to deserts |
| bauxite | mineral used to make aluminum |
| phosphate | mineral salt used in fertilizers |
