Question | Answer |
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 |