Sub-Saharan Africa

The region of the world that falls between the Tropic of Cancer (23.43 degrees North) and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.43 degrees South).

(ITCZ) A belt of low pressure around the equator.

Goods that come from agriculture, forestry, mining, and fishing.

The money that temporary and permanent migrants send back to their home country.

A country in which the city and the state are essentially one and the same.

A legal system based on the precepts of Islam.

The amount of greenhouse gases produced for any given person, entity or practice.

An forested area in the tropics marked by substantial rainfall.

White Dutch settlers in South Africa. Also the name of their language.

A grassy plain that contains few trees.

The downsides of a heavy reliance on one or more primary commodities such as oil, that include corruption, wildly fluctuating government revenues and stunted economic development

A French-based creole language spoken in Mauritius.

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