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landforms
people
regions
odds and ends
100
The capital city of Ghana.
What is Accra?
100
The desert that covers most of North Africa.
What is Sahara?
100
Most of West Africa's people practice ______religion?
What is the Muslim religion?
100
On Savannas you would most likely find _________.
What are grasslands?
100
A mineral used to make aluminum.
What is bauxite?
200
The capital city of Cote d'Ivoire.
What is Abidjan?
200
A tropical tree with roots that extend both above and beneath the water.
What is a mangrove?
200
The ethnic group in Nigeria.
Who are the Ibo?
200
The short grasses and trees of the Sahel are used for _______________.
What are grazing animals?
200
Nigeria's major mineral resources and largest export.
What is oil?
300
A landlocked country in West Africa.
What is Mali?
300
A river that flows through several West African countries.
What is the Senegal River?
300
The West African country that has the largest population.
What is Nigeria?
300
Sandy beaches, rainforests, and mangrove swamps are found in this area of West Africa's coastal countries?
What are the lowlands along the coast?
300
A group of houses surounded by walls.
What is a compound?
400
In 1957 the first country in West Africa to become independent was _______.
What is Ghana?
400
A dry, dusty wind from the Sahara.
What is harmattan?
400
Most of West Africa's farmers grow crops on _________________.
What is their own small plots of land?
400
The climate of the coastal countries of West Africa is affected by the Gulf of Guinea's ______ _______.
What are warm currents?
400
A fight among different groups within a country.
What is civil war?
500
The West African country along the Atlantic coast.
What is Sengal?
500
A process that can turn grasslands into desert.
What is desertification?
500
Most of the people in West Africa live along _________.
What is along the Gulf of Guinea?
500
When an area has a long period of extreme dryness and water shortages.
What is drought?
500
A mineral salt that has phosphorus, which is used in fertilizers.
What is phosphate?
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