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  1. oil palm
    pinnate-leaved palms of the genus Elaeis having dense clusters of crowded flowers and bright red fruit and yielding high quality palm oils
  2. OPEC
    an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum
  3. Orange River
    a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean
  4. palm oil
    oil from nuts of oil palms especially the African oil palm
  5. petroleum
    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
  6. Pharaoh
    the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
  7. pineapple
    a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
  8. plateau
    a relatively flat raised area of land
  9. poach
    hunt illegally
  10. pollution
    contamination of the natural environment
  11. polygamy
    having more than one spouse at a time
  12. population growth
    increase in the number of people who inhabit a territory or state
  13. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
  14. precipitation
    the falling to earth of any form of water
  15. rain shadow
    an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
  16. rainforest
    a densely wooded tropical area with heavy precipitation
  17. raw material
    material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
  18. rebel
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  19. Red Sea
    a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal
  20. regime
    the governing authority of a political unit
  21. Republic of the Congo
    a republic in west-central Africa
  22. reservoir
    lake used to store water for community use
  23. rhinoceros
    a large, heavy animal with thick skin and one or two horns on its nose
  24. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  25. Rwanda
    a landlocked republic in central Africa
  26. Sahara Desert
    the world's largest desert in northern Africa
  27. sanitation
    the state of being clean and conducive to health
  28. Sao Tome and Principe
    island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
  29. savanna
    a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
  30. Senegal
    a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960
  31. Serengeti
    a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife
  32. Seychelles
    a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
  33. sharia
    the code of religious law derived from the Quran
  34. Sierra Leone
    a republic in West Africa
  35. silt
    mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
  36. sisal
    Mexican or West Indian plant with large fleshy leaves yielding a stiff fiber used in e.g. rope
  37. slave trade
    traffic in people who are forced into unpaid labor
  38. slave
    a person who is forcibly held in servitude
  39. Somalia
    a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula
  40. sorghum
    economically important Old World tropical cereal grass
  41. South Africa
    a republic at the southernmost part of Africa
  42. stable
    resistant to change of position or condition
  43. staple
    material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
  44. starvation
    a state of extreme hunger
  45. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  46. Strait of Gibraltar
    the strait between Spain and Africa
  47. sub-Saharan
    of or relating to or situated in the region south of the Sahara Desert
  48. subsistence farming
    farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
  49. Sudan
    a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea
  50. Sunni
    a member of one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
  51. Swahili
    the most widely spoken Bantu languages
  52. Swaziland
    a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa
  53. Tanzania
    a republic in eastern Africa
  54. Tuareg
    a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
  55. Timbuktu
    a city in central Mali near the Niger river
  56. Togo
    a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control
  57. trade
    the commercial exchange of goods and services
  58. transportation
    the act of moving something from one location to another
  59. tributary
    a branch that flows into the main stream
  60. tribute
    something given or done as an expression of esteem
  61. Tripoli
    the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya
  62. tropical
    relating to part of the Earth's surface with hot climate
  63. tsetse fly
    bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.
  64. Tunisia
    a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast
  65. Tutsi
    a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi
  66. Uganda
    a landlocked republic in eastern Africa
  67. uranium
    a heavy, silvery-white, radioactive, metallic element
  68. urbanization
    the social process whereby cities grow
  69. veld
    elevated open grassland in southern Africa
  70. Victoria Falls
    a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally
  71. village
    a settlement smaller than a town
  72. volcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  73. Volta
    Italian physicist after whom the volt is named
  74. wadi
    a gully that remains dry except during the rainy season
  75. warlord
    a military leader who controls a region or territory
  76. West Africa
    an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea
  77. Western Sahara
    an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits
  78. White Nile
    a headstream of the Nile
  79. wildebeest
    large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
  80. Xhosa
    a community of the Nguni people in South Africa
  81. yellow fever
    caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
  82. Yoruba
    a member of a West African people living chiefly in southwestern Nigeria
  83. Zambezi River
    an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean
  84. Zambia
    a republic in central Africa
  85. Zanzibar
    an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa
  86. zebra
    a black-and-white striped animal related to a horse
  87. Zimbabwe
    a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980
Created on Fri Feb 17 10:52:11 EST 2017

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