A | B |
civil war | fight among different groups within a country |
harmattan | dusty wind that blows south from the Sahara |
compound | group of houses surrounded by walls |
subsistence farms | small plots that grow just enough food |
cacao | tropical tree whose seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate |
mangrove | tropical tree with roots that extend both above and below water |
savanna | tropical grasslands with few trees |
desert | area of sandy land with little rainfall and little vegetation |
rain forest | area with tall and densely growing evergreen trees with broad-leaves; area is in the tropics and has a high amount of yearly rainfall |
tropical | hot, humid climate |