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Africa Econ & people
where people live and economics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where is desertification the greatest challenge in Africa? | Sahel |
| Where has deforestation been the biggest problem? | Nigeria |
| What are some major exports of South Africa? | diamonds and gold |
| What has been a major economic problem in Nigeria and S. Africa? | poverty and unemployment |
| What country in Africa has mostly a command economy? | Kenya |
| What term means a lack of rain? | drought |
| What has been the biggest reason for deforestation in Africa? | commercial logging |
| In which region of Africa are camels used as transportation? | Sahara |
| What physical feature attracts people in the Savanna? | rivers |
| What term means land that can be used to grow crops? | arable |
| The decrease in oxygen in the atmosphere has been caused by what? | deforestation |
| What term describes a wide variety pf animals and plants in a ecosystem? | biodiversity |
| Which region of Africa is the least populated? | Sahara |
| What industry does Nigeria specialize in? | oil |
| What is one human cause of desertification? | allowing animals to overgraze |
| Poor roads are a major problem in which African region? | rainforest |
| Which African country has a per capita GDP of over $11,000 | South Africa |
| Which region has both a rainy and a dry season? | savanna |
| literacy rate | the number of people in a country over 15 that can read and write |
| Standard of living | how well off people live- how much money they make |
| capital goods | things like machines used to make products |
| human capital | the people used to make goods |
| oil distribution | in Africa countries like Nigeria and in the Mille East like Saudi Arabia have lots of oil |
| entrepreneurs | people who start their own companies- market economies encourage businesses to grow |
| parliamentary democracy | government where the leader is chosen by the legislature |
| autocracy | a king or queen that has total power ( one ruler) |
| mixed economy | they have some command and some traditional or market economies |
| market economy | citizens make economic decisions ( 3 questions) |
| command economy | government make all economic decisions |
| partitioning | the dividing up of Africa- Called the Scramble of Africa |
| Pan- African movement | the idea to bring all Africans together and end colonial rule |
| nationalism | pride in ones nation and a sense of identity to your country |
| deforestation | cutting down the forest |
| desertification | growth of the desert especially in the Sahel |
| ethnic group | people who share a common history, language and customs |
| apartheid | the separation of races in South Africa that caused discrimination to the black African people |
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