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Sub-Saharan_Africa
ISS 315 Sub-Saharan Africa
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the population in Sub-Saharan Africa? | Nearly 865 million people |
| How many states are there in Africa? | 49 states, with South Sudan being the newest. |
| What are the most populous states? | Nigeria and Ethiopia |
| When was the post colonial period? | 1950s to 1970s |
| What type of population live in Sub-Saharan Africa? | poor, rural, young |
| What kind of continent is it? | Plateau Continent |
| What is a rift valley? | Rift Valleys are a surface landscape where two tectonic plates are diverging or moving apart. Rift valleys are depressions or a large valley. Most of the major lakes are on rift valleys. (except Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is not on a rift valley) |
| What is the lowveld? | Lowveld is a coastal plane around Africa. (Name given by Dutch.) |
| What is the tallest mountain in Sub-Saharan Africa and where is it located? | Mt. Kilimanjario in Tanzania (Mt. Kenya is the second highest) |
| What is the highveld? | higher elevation |
| Name the Major Rivers. | Nile, Congo, Niger, Zambezi. (also, rivers are atypical due to plateau character) |
| What is the average elevation? | 1000 feet |
| What climates are found in Africa? | Tropical climate & forest, Savanna, Desert |
| Why is the Kalahari not considered to be desert? | The Kalahari is not dry enough to be a desert. To be a desert, the place must receive more than 10 inches of rainfall a year. |
| How is the soil in Africa? | It's very infertile, except around the rift valleys. |
| What is desertification? | An expansion of desert due to human-induced degradation. |
| What is the Sahel? | The zone of transition between Sahara to the north and wetter savannas to the south. |
| What is transhumance? | The movement of animals between wet and dry season pasture. |
| What are the causes of desertification? | peanut farming, overgrazing from cows and goats |
| What is the cause of deforestation in the Savanna climate? | Principle biofuels like wood and charcoal are used for cooking. |
| What are the solutions to deforestation in the Savanna climate? | NGOs and Wangari Maathai |
| What are NGOs? | Non-government organizations |
| Who is Wangari Maathai? | Kenayan woman who started the Green Belt Movement |
| What country (in the Tropical Rain Forest Climate) has the worst deforestation? | Madagascar |
| What part of Africa has limited wildlife due to population? | West Africa (the bulge) |
| What two countries have a lot of animals, tourism, and hunting? | Kenya and Bostwana |
| What part/countries in Africa has threaten wildlife? | East Africa, specifically Kenya and Tanzania |
| What part/country has the most secure wildlife area? | Southern Africa, specifically Bostwana |
| What is the international trade policy for ivory? | banned in 1989, modified in 1990 to allow for limited sales (Kenya and Tanzania were selling it in the black market) |
| What areas are most vulnerable to Global Warming? | the Sahel, southern savanna (Zambia and Zimbabwe), the Horn of Africa |
| How will global warming affect those areas? | Food security. |
| Who are competing in Sudan and Darfur as a result of global warming? | farmers and pastoralists |
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brokenpencil
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