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Africa Geography SG
Tuesday's Test Review
Question | Answer |
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Sahara Region: Area it covers | Northern Africa |
Sahara Region: Why is it expanding | Deforestation, Human Mismanagment (over grazing, cultivation, irrigation, etc) |
Sahel: Problems | Deforestation, Desertification |
Sahel: How people make a living | Traditional Life (herding, substinence farming) |
Sahel: Area it covers | Strip between Savanna and Sahara |
Sahel: Why is it expanding | Population Growth, scarce resources |
Savanna: Dangers that affect it | Grass Fires, Population, droughts |
Savanna: What is being done? | Setting aside large portions of the land for animals |
Rainforest: Problems | Habitat Loss, extinction |
Rainforest: Threats | Deforestation (commercial logging), cleared land |
One of the Largest Freshwater Lakes | Lake Tanganyika |
One of the Largest Lakes in Africa | Lake Victoria |
What river flows into the Gulf of Guinea? | Niger River |
The longest river in Africa | Nile River |
What river flows into the Atlantic? | Congo River |
The physical feature that extends from Mozambique to Syria | Great Rift Valley |
Which mountain has snow all year round | Mt. Kenya |
Which desert has red sand? | Kalahari |
Which desert is separated from the coast by the Atlas Mountains | Sahara |
Which major plateau is in eastern Africa | Ethiopian Highlands |
Diff. between Ethnic and Religious Group | Ethnic-is born into Religious-can choose |
Main Arab religious belief | Muslim |
Main Swahili religious belief | Traditional |
Main Ashanti religious belief | Traditional |
Main Bantu religious belief | Traditional |
Why is the Bantu migration so important to Africa | Spread culture, language, religion, knowledge, trade, etc |
Deforestation CS | C-forests rarley replanted>population,logging S-replenish soil plant more |
Desertification CS | C-Deforestation, human mismanagment S-plant trees to hold soil |
Water Quality CS | C-parasites S-UNICEF and WHO are providing efforts |
Toxic Waste CS | C-waste damaging resources S-law placed to ban waste |
Poor Soil CS | C-grazing, substinence agriculture,slash burn S-fertilizers |
Energy Extraction CS | C-Oil main source in Africa S-gov cooruption attempts |
Preservation of Wildlife CS | C-hunting, complicated process S-laws placed |