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        | The climates of West Africa, which stretch east to west in bands.  P492 |  | 
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        | A dry grasslands region with a steppe climate south of the Sahara.  P492 |  | 
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        | A dry, dusty wind that blows south from the Sahara during winter.  P492 |  | 
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        | A fly in Africa south of the Sahara that spreads sleeping sickness, a deadly disease.  P492 |  | 
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        | The most important aluminum ore.  P493 |  | 
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        | A grain crop that can survive drought.  P499 |  | 
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        | A grain crop that can survive drought.  P499 |  | 
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        | A deadly disease spread by mosquitoes.  P500 |  | 
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        | A region or country’s main food crop.  P500 |  | 
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        | To break away from a country to form another.  P502 |  | 
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        | West African storytellers who pass on the oral histories of their tribes or people.  P504 |  | 
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        | A small tree on which cocoa beans grow.  P505 |  | 
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