Question | Answer |
Much of Africa is a ___ in the center with low lying basins that _ mighty rivers flow from | high plateau, four |
Africa is the ___ largest continent and contains ___ countries along with six island nations | Second largest, 47 countries |
What is the main feature of North Africa and is the largest desert in the world? | Sahara desert |
South of the Shara is what? What is also the 3rd longest river in Africa that flows right through it? | Sahel is south of the Sahara, Niger River |
Also contained in the Sahel, this lake has been shrinking in size over many years | Lake Chad |
Which three large lakes are in or near the Great Rift Valley? | Lake Tanganyika the longest freshwater lake in the world
Lake Victoria the world’s second largest freshwater lake
Lake Malawi the world’s ninth largest |
The Congo Basin contains which features? | Congo and Zambezi River (Which includes many waterfalls such as Victoria Falls_ |
What are the two deserts in the southern region? | Namib and Kalahari |
What is Africa's climate all year round? | Warm |
North Africa is mostly which "feature" along the Mediterranean Sea with a Med. Sea climate? | Desert |
West Africa is ___ in the north and ___ as you move south | Dry, tropical |
All of East Africa is dry except what? | Ethiopian Highlands(Has a highlands climate and the southern part with a tropical wet and dry climate) |
Ethiopian Highlands contains the highest point in Africa which is called? | Mt. Kilimanjaro |
Central and South Africa have type of climate near the Equator, Indian Ocean, and coastal regions | Equator- Tropical
Indian Ocean- Marine west coast
coastal regions- Humid subtropical
South- dry |
Madagascar has three climate regions... Name them | East- Tropical
Northwest/Central/Semiarid- Tropical wet/dry |
What percentage of Africa is tropical grassland or savanna? | 40%(2/5) |
North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central and South Africa... List there "main" physical features. | N Africa- desert
W Africa- tropical grassland and rainforest
E Africa- tropical grassland and highlands
Central + S Africa- broadleaf evergreens to desert |
What is the largest and smallest country of Africa? | Largest is Sudan, smallest is Seychelles |
How many languages do Africans "approximately" speak at least? | 2,000 languages (Arabic and Swahili widely used) |
Proof by scientists, bones dating back millions of years in which area of the world? Also known as the "Birthplace of the Human race" | Africa |
What year did the Europeans arrive in Africa? | 1400's |
What civilization came to the west coast of Africa to get ___, but soon shipped ___ to Europe | Gold, slaves |
What year did Atlantic Slave trade end? | 1850 |
In what country and year did the first black African nation to gain independence, within ___ years, most other areas had become independent of colonial rule? | 1957, Ghana, ten |
Few people were prepared for what type of year, and struggled to create stable ___ and had ___ tensions in countries | self rule, governments, ethnic |
What year did most African nations formed the African Union to help promote peace, human rights and improve public health? | 2002 |
How many people does Africa have? What is the major religions in order of greatest to least. | 906 million people. Christian, Islamic, Indigenous |
What is an important activity in Africa? | Mining... Oil in the North and West, diamond and gold mines in the Central and Southern portions |
Grassland of North and East Africa is used for what? | Nomadic herding |
More than 1/2 of Africa's farmland is used for what? | subsistence farming |
Most trade and manufacturing is done in the country of...? | South Africa |
Which West African country has the largest population in Africa? | Nigeria |
What is Nigeria's major mineral resource and largest export? | oil |
What is the main religion in West Africa? | Muslim |
Which West African county was the first to become independent in 1957? | Ghana |
What is Sudan's main export? | cotton |
What religion do 50% of the people of Angola practice? | Roman Catholic |
What are South Africa's three largest ethnic groups? | Sotho, Zulu, and Xhoso |
What country produces most of the world's vanilia beans? | Madagascar |
Why was the African National Conference formed in 1912? | Hopes of power |
Europeans in South Africa created and spoke a language called... | Afrikaans |
What country is thought to be the world's original home to coffee? | Ethiopia |
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