| A | B |
|---|
| savanna | a grassy plain with scattered trees |
| transition zone | a region or climate that shares characteristics of two or more areas that surround it, such as the Sahel in Africa |
| cacao | a small tree on which beans used to make chocolate grow |
| bauxite | the most important aluminum ore |
| copper belt | a major copper mining region |
| cobalt | a mineral used to make metals harder |
| mansa | ruler |
| middle passage | the route along which enslaved people were shipped across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas |
| animism | a religious belief that natural objects or physical features have spirits |
| kinship | relationship among people of the same ancestors |
| griot | a West African storyteller who passes on the oral history of a group of people |
| folktale | a traditional story that often teaches a lesson |
