Chapter 18 Vocab (West Africa)
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- mangrove
- a tropical tree with roots extending above and beneath the water
- savanna
- tropical grasslands with scattered trees
- harmattan
- dusty winds that blow south from the Sahara
- Cacoa
- beans used to make chocolate
- ethnic group
- a group that share a common language, culture, and history
- compound
- a group of houses surrounded by walls
- drought
- an extreme shortage of water
- desertification
- when grasslands become deserts
- cassava
- a plant root that looks like a potato
- bauxite
- a mineral from which we make aluminum