| A | B |
|---|
| savanna | vast area of grassland where grass grows naturally (located in the middle of Africa) |
| tropical rainforest | hot, humid climates and dense forests with trees hundreds of feet tall (located in the central coast of Africa) |
| deforestation | destruction of trees and other vegetation |
| droughts | long periods of little to no rainfall |
| desertification | the process of the desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland |
| Green Line | the place where the cultivated land ends and the desert begins |
| oasis | small place where trees are able to grow and where people can live with grazing animals and a few crops |
| rainforests | warm and humid climate usually near Earth’s equator |
| extinction | species no longer exist anywhere in the world |
| diversity | a variety of cultures |
| arable | land suitable for growing crops |
| steppe | extensive plain of semi-arid grasslands |
| Sahel | a dry grasslands region with a steppe climate south of the Sahara |
| reforestation | the planting of trees in places where forests have been cut down |
| North Africa | countries lying along the Mediterranean coast |
| traditional beliefs | religions of the native tribes of Africa |
| sub-Sahara | the part of Africa lying south of the Sahara |
| overgrazed | process in which animals graze faster than it can grow back |
| ethnic groups | a group of people who share cultural ideas and beliefs |
| religious groups | a group with a belief system in a god or gods. |
