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Africa Geo Terms
Vocabulary for Africa Geography Unit
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Causes of desertification | Over-grazing, over farming, cutting down scattered trees, drought, climate change |
| Causes of deforestation | Cutting down forests for living space, farmland, and timber products |
| Extremely dry area that covers most of Northern Africa | Sahara Desert |
| Wet area in the desert fed by underground springs | Oasis |
| Transition zone between the Sahara and the Savannah in Africa | Sahel (steppe region) |
| Large grasslands with scattered trees in Africa | Savannah |
| Thick forests with 70 foot high trees in humid tropical areas of Africa | Tropical Rainforest |
| Farming just enough to feed you and your family | Subsistence farming |
| Most common economic activities in the Sahara | Nomadic herding. Farming is possible in areas that can be irrigated like the Nile River valley. |
| Most common economic activities in the Sahel | Nomadic herding and subsistence farming |
| Most common economic activities in the Tropical rainforest | Subsistence farming, timber, eco-tourism |
| Most common economic activities in the Savannah | Subsistence farming, commercial farming, eco-tourism, herding |
| Most common economic activities in Nigeria | Oil, subsistence farming, nomadic herding |
| How does poor soil lead to deforestation? | People have to keep cutting down more forest for farmland because the poor soil only supports farms for a few years before it loses its fertility. Soil washing away also contributes to low fertility. |
| How does desertification impact Africa? | People have to move when the soil can't support life anymore. This causes more desertification when they repeat their activities and overcrowding in cities. Famines can also occur. |
| Widespread shortages of food | Famine |
| Long period of abnormally low rainfall | Drought |
| Fancy Social Studies Word for Warm | Tropical |
| Fancy Social Studies Word for Wet (High Precipitation) | Humid |
| Fancy Social Studies Word for Dry | Arid |
| Fancy Social Studies Word for sort of dry | Semi-Arid |
| Continually moving to allow your animals to have enough to eat in arid and semi-arid regions of the world | Nomadic Herding |
| Dirt that is good for growing crops | Fertile Soil |
| Fertilizer that gets washed off of fields and ends up in water sources | Agricultural Runoff |
| Chemicals and other pollutants that leak out of industrial equipment and factories | Industrial Waste |
| Cutting down trees and setting them on fire to clear that land and add fertility to the soil | Slash and Burn Agriculture |
| Allowing herd animals to eat too much of the plant life in an area. It leaves the soil exposed and causes erosion. | Overgrazing |
| Soil being transported away by wind or water | Erosion |
| Fighting over scarce water sources | Water Wars |
| When water is not present or not much is present in an area | Physical Water Scarcity |
| When water is present, but it is polluted and a society does not have the money to clean it and make it safe to drink | Economic Water Scarcity |
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