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organized by zone
Zonal
the spread of desert-like conditions
desertification
a disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and pain
malaria
What religion do most people in the Sahel practice?
Islam
the major river of West Africa
Niger River
an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs
savanna
a condition of not getting enough nutrients from food
malnutrition
a strip of land that divides the Sahara from wetter areas
Sahel
an open-air trading market that is set up once or twice a week
periodic market
second-largest country in West Africa
Nigeria
a large flat area on the Congo River in Central Africa
Congo Basin
an important trade city of Mali in West Africa
Timbuktu
the belief that bodies of water, animals, trees, and other natural objects have spirits
animism
Most of the colonies became independent during the 1950s and 1960s. All were independent by _______.
1974
an important Central African kingdom founded in the 1300s near the mouth of the Congo River
Kongo Kingdom
A mix of _______ groups and competing desires for power has led to civil war in many of the region’s countries.
ethnic