West Africa

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A________ is a strip of land that divides the desert from wetter areas

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sahel

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The most important river in West Africa. It flows for 2600 miles into the interior of the region before emptying into the Gulf of Guinea.

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Niger

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With more than 100 schools, universities and mosques, _____________, was a cultural center in West Africa.

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Timbuktu

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The Mali King, ____, was the richest person that ever lived on earth.

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Mansa Musa

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______________is an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs.

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Savanna

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_________is the belief that bodies of water, animal, trees, and other natural objects have spirits.

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Animism

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West Africa has 4 different climate regions. Because of this, geographers say this region's climates are____________, which means "organized in zones."

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zonal

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An _______ includes the father, mother, children and close relatives in ONE household.

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extended family

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The region we call West Africa stretches from the ______ desert in the north to the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the 3rd largest desert in the world. The Antarctic and Arctic are the world's largest deserts.

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Sahara

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To_______ means to break away from the main country.

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secede