| 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 |