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Geography Unit 7
Chapters 19 and 20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the most abundant natural resource in Africa south of the Sahara? | Oil reserves |
| Which human made lake supplies electricity to Ghana? | Lake Volta |
| In Western Africa what is welcome after heavy summer rains? | Harmattan |
| AS you move away from the equator the climate changes from what to what? | tropical-semiarid steppe-deserts |
| Where is the Kalahari desert located? | In eastern Namibia, most of Botswana, and part of South Africa |
| What bigger highlands are the Ethiopian highlands part of? | Eastern Highlands |
| Is it possible to navigate most rivers in Africa from the mouth to the source? | No due to broken landscapes |
| What is the steppe south of the Sahara called? | Sahel |
| Factor that has the greatest influence on climate in Africa south of the Sahara | it's location in the tropics near the equator |
| What mountain range forms part of the escarpment along the southern edge of the African continent? | Drakensberg Range |
| Location of tropical rainforests in Africa south of the Sahara | tropical wet climate zone (near equator) |
| Niger river splits into an inland ________ is southern Nigeria | delta |
| Largest lake in Africa located between the eastern and western branches of the Great Rift Valley | Lake Victoria |
| Name of region that you find Mount Kilimanjaro | Eastern Highlands |
| Mountain range known as "Mountain of the Moon" | Ruwenzori Mountains |
| Location of most escarpment in Africa south of the Sahara | less than 20 miles from the coast |
| What other name is used to refer to tropical grasslands? | savanna |
| Where do vertical climate zones exist? | highland areas |
| What is a harmattan? | a dust-laden wind on the Atlantic coast of Africa in some seasons |
| How much of Africa is covered by Savanna? | almost half |
| What months will most of the rain fall in the Sahel? | June, July, and August |
| Most of Botswana is oovered by what desert? | Kalahari Desert |
| Urbanization speed in Africa versus the rest of the world? | fastest |
| The Mali Empire grew rich from what trade in the western empire of Ghana | gold for salt |
| What is "oral tradition"? | the practice of passing down stories from generation to generation by word of mouth |
| Reason for development of early written African literature mainly in the northeast | societies came in contact with early Mediterranean systems of writing |
| Population distribution of East Africa | widely uneven |
| Most people of West Africa are concentrated where? | along the coast and river plains |
| What has made trade important throughout the history of East Africa? | East Africa's location |
| Colonial powers favored the Tutsi people in Rwanda and Burundi creating what? | resentment among the Hutu |
| By 800 AD, Banut speaking people had accomplished what? | established settlements |
| What countries are part of the Sahel? | Chad, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania |
| European explorers established trade relationships based on this in Central Africa. | slave trade |
| What is the world's largest ethnic group of nomadic herders? | Fulani |
| When were large areas of Central Africa colonized? | 1800's |
| What percent of people currently carring HIV live in Africa south of the Sahara? | about 70 percent |
| Who is the conflict in Darfur between? | agrarian non-Arab black African Muslims and government backed militia |
| Afrikaans is derived from the language of what early group of settlers in what country | early Dutch settlers |
| Remnants of cultures dating back 1 million years have been discovered in what portion of Africa? | parts of Southern Africa |
| In Nigeria, northern cultures are based on this religion _________, and in the south it is tied to African religions or this other type of religions ____________. | Islam, Christianity |
| What language that is part of the Congo-Kordofanian language group is spoken widely throughout West Africa | Yoruba |
| What event in 1960 in Nigeria caused civil war to erupt? | Nigeria gained independence |
| Increasing desertification and deforestation in this region, has forced people to migrate to cities such as Dakar and Miamey | Sahel |
| How dense is the population in Central Africa compared to other regions? | one of the least densely populated regions |
| Universal Suffrage in South Africa gave voting rights to who? | all adult citizens |
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