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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sahel | strip of semi-arid land south of the Sahara |
| Savanna | tropical grasslands with scattered trees that are home to a wide variety of wildlife |
| Deforestation | cutting down of trees to use as fuel and to free up land for farming |
| Famine | widespread food shortage that causes malnutrition and starvation |
| Desertification | when cultivated land turns to desert due to overgrazing |
| Sahara | largest desert in Africa |
| Rainforest | dense forest that receives high amounts of rain |
| AIDS | Africa has the highest rate for this disease in the world |
| SHORTER LIFE EXPECTANCY AND DISEASE | What does the poor water quality in Africa cause (two reasons)? |
| AREA OF THE DESERT WHERE SOME RAINFALL OCCURS OR THERE IS A SPRING | What is an oasis? |
| CARAVANS BY CAMEL - GOLD AND SALT | Describe how trade happened across the Sahara and name at least two things that were traded. |
| SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD | Describe the size of Africa's rainforest |
| ABIITY TO READ AND/OR WRITE - STANDARD OF LIVING INCREASES AS IT INCREASES | What is a literacy rate and what increases as it increases? |
| POVERTY, LITTLE MEDICINE DUE TO MONEY AND LITTLE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT | What is a primary factor of the mass spreading of HIV/AIDS in Africa? |
| Atlas Mountains,Atlantic Ocean,Indian Ocean, Lake Tanganyika,Lake Victoria,Congo River,Niger River,Nile River,Egypt ,Nigeria,Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC),Sudan, South Sudan,South Africa,Kenya | Study physical and political maps |
| Lake Victoria | What is the headwaters reservoir for the Nile River and the largest lake in Africa. It's the second largest freshwater lake in the world. It borders Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. |
| Lake Tanganyika | What is the longest lake as well as the second deepest lake in the world. It lies in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo. |
| Kalahari Desert | Which desert is a large, arid to semi-arid sandy area in Southern Africa covering much of Botswana and parts of Nimibia and South Africa. |
| Altas Mountains | What is a range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert? They are located in Morocco, Northern Algeria and Tunisia. |
| Niger River | What river is the principle river of western Africa? It flows into the Atlantic Ocean. Five west African nations depends on it for their water. |
| Nile River | What is the world's largest river (4150 miles)? It flows northward out of the mountains of central Africa through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Congo River | What river flows through west central Africa, and is the second longest in Africa, as well as, the fifth in the world? It crosses the equator twice and is surrounded by rainforests. |
| Tropical Rainforest | What is the second largest rainforest in the world? About 90% have been deforested because of logging, road building and poor farming. |
| Savanna | What is the picture of Africa you see in the movies, with rolling grassland and scattered trees and schrubs? The most famous in the Serengeti, straddling the borders ofKenya and Tanzania. |
| Sahel | What is the transition zone south of the Sahara and north of the equator and separates the Sahara from tropical rain forests? It becomes more of a desert in recent years. |
| Sahara | The world's largest hot desert, covering most of Northern Africa.It stretches from the Red Sea to the outskirts of the Atlantic Ocean. In the south, it stretches to the Sahel. |
| by a female mosquito | How is malaria spread? |
| 40% | What is the overall literacy rate of Africa? |
| Because they must constantly find water & grazing areas. | Most people who live in the Sahel/Sahara are nomadic. Why do people who live in these regions need to move from place to place? |
| Competition among countries for scarce water resources. | What do some people believe might lead to "water wars" in Africa in the future? |
| Leaders want the industries to be profitable & believe that controlling pollution is too costly. | Why do some governments ignore industrial pollution of major rivers and waterways? |
| continuous faming & overgrazing | What destroyed the grassland & forests that were once found in the Sahel? |
| The soil is of poor quality & dry conditions result in even fewer crops. | Why are droughts a problem for farmers in the Sahel? |
| The line between the desert & cultivated areas. | What is meant by the "Green Line" when one is talking about desertification? |
| It would increase. | What would MOST LIKELY happen to the standard of living in African countries if more efforts were taken to increase literacy rates? |
| Cleared large areas of land for great plantations. | Beginning in the 1800s, what did European nations do that affected the African rainforests? |
| Cleared large areas of land for great plantations. | Beginning in the 1800s, what did European nations do that affected the African rainforests? |
| Rainfall can vary widely from year to year. | Why is farming so difficult in the African Sahel? |
| overpopulation | What is the biggest threat to African rainforest today? |
| Poor soil causes farmers to clear land for new soil which increases deforestation. | What describes the relationship between deforestation and poor soil in sub-Saharan Africa? |
| As water pollution increases, irrigation with clean water becomes more important & more difficult. | What describes the relationship between water pollution & irrigation in Africa? |
| Sahel | Desertification is having the largest impact on which region of Africa? |
| Preserving the endangered environment vs. making money from logging companies that cut and destroy the rainforest. | In Africa, countries in the tropical rainforest face what type of conflict? |
| slowed economic growth | In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 50% of the population has access to safe drinking water because of environmental pollution. How has this shortage of safe drinking water affected development in sub-Saharan Africa? |
| Poor farming practices, clearing of land, overgrazing of livestock, draining of surface & underground water | What are the 4 causes of desertification? |
| pesticides, fertilizers, human waste, storm water runoff, mining, manufacturing byproducts | What are the 6 causes of polluted water? |
| need for more agricultural land, more space for housing, population growth demand, harvesting of trees for profit | What are the 4 causes of deforestation? |
| less land to grow crops, fewer ways for Africans to make a living, less land to create a new industry | What are the 3 effects of desertification? |
| Genocide | Systematic, planned annihilation of a racial, political, or cultural group. |
| Endemic | Diseases which are prevalent only in a particular area or group of people such as River Blindness. |
| Pandemic | A phenomenon, such as a disease that is widespread & occurs over a vast geographic region such as smallpox or Black Death. |
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