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Africa Physical Geog
Africa Physical Geography and Environmental Issues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The major landform of northern Africa. | Sahara Desert |
| The landform that covers most of central coast of Africa. | rainforest |
| Vast area of rolling grasslands with low shrubs that supports a variety of animals. | savanna |
| Semi-arid region between the Sahara Desert and the rainforest that is slowly turning into a desert. | Sahel |
| The basic physical systems of a country's population, including healthcare, roads, utilities, water, and sewage. | infrastructure |
| A country surrounded by land. | landlocked |
| The total loss of forest by cutting down too many trees. | deforestation |
| The process of turning productive, or semi arid land into nonproductive desert. | desertification |
| Rich topsoil carried from one location to another by floodwaters. | silt |
| Continued use of fertilizer causes this to build up in soil. | salt |
| construction that has allowed year-round irrigation built in Egypt. | Aswan High Dam |
| Where the Niger River reaches the sea in the country of Nigeria. | Oil Delta |
| The place where the cultivated, or farmed land ends and the sert begins. | Green Line |
| The name for a sert area that gets some rainfall or where there is a spring. | oasis |
| The most relialble way to get across the Sahara. | camel |
| One who wanders from place to place to find food and water. | nomad |
| The area where desertification is the greatest. | Sahel |
| Logging for industry, farming, and fuel is the main reason the loss of trees in this part of Africa. | rainforest |
| The part of Africa that has access to the Niger River. | Sahel |
| Main reason that Lake Chad is shrinking. | irrigation |
| Herders allowing their animals to eat too much natural vegetation. | overgrazing |
| A practice to clear land for farming that removes all the trees and shrubs. | slash and burn |
| Country in West Africa that has the Niger River and the Sahel in the north. | Nigeria |
| North African country that has the Nile River as its water source. | Egypt |
| Central African country that is mostly rainforest. | Congo |
| East African country that has savannas. | Kenya |
| Country in the southern most tip of Africa. | South Africa |
| Country that has divided into two countries due to ethnic conflict. | Sudan |
| Largest lake in Africa. | Lake Victoria |
| River with the most tributaries because it is in the rainforest. | Congo |
| Longest River. | Nile River |
| newest country in the world | South Sudan |
| ingore environmental issues in some African countries in an effort to help the factories be more economically successful. | government officials |
| Ethnic group in eastern Africa that combines Bantu and Arabic words to create a new language group | Swahili |
| An ethnic group that is mainly in northern Africa. | Arab |
| The largest ethnic group in Africa that is mainly in the central and southern region of the continent. | Bantu |
| The predominant religion in Subsaharan Africa. | Christian |
| The predominant religion in the northern part of Africa. | Muslim |
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