Chapter 20 Vocab (East Africa)
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- coral
- a hard rocklike material made of the skeletons of small sea animals
- reef
- a narrow ridge of coral, rock, or sand at or near the water's surface
- fault
- a crack in the earth
- escarpments
- steep clliffs
- poacher
- people who hunt and kill animals illegally
- sisal
- plant fiber used in making rope and twine
- clove
- a spice made from the buds of clove trees
- autonomy
- self-government
- watershed
- area drained by a river
- civil war
- fighting within a country
- refugee
- a person who must flee his or her home
- drought
- an extended dry period
- clan
- group of people related to one another