Geography of Western Africa (History Alive! Middle School SPED)

A large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles.

• Savanna

• Sahel

• Sahara

A zone of semidesert, south of the Sahara Desert, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow.

• The Sahel

• The Tower

• The Tomb Raider

A vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season.

• Orchard

• Savanna

• Rainforest

An item left behind by an earlier culture.

• Some bones

• A letter

• An artifact

Smelting

• Building a house

• Melting minerals to make iron

• Cooking smelt

Payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission

• Tribute

• Mortgage

• Pumpkin

An ancient West African city built along the Niger River that existed for 1600 years.

• Juniper

• Jean the Jen

• Jenne-jeno

Made farming more efficient and productive

• Iron tools

• Soft wood

• Ugly boxes

Lush forest where rain falls year round

• Rainforest

• Ocean

• Arctic

Niger

• A tower

• An energy drink

• A river in Western Africa