African Environments
This biome is characterized by tall grasses with scattered trees and is home to many large grazing animals.
What is the savanna?
This country is located in northeastern Africa and is closely associated with the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
This river is strongly associated with ancient and modern settlement in Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
When people clear large areas of trees, they are causing this environmental problem.
What is deforestation?
If you traveled from Egypt toward the Atlantic coast through central Africa, which major river could provide an important transportation route?
What is the Congo River?
This environment stretches across much of northern Africa and receives very little rainfall.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This country is located in central Africa and contains a large portion of the Congo rainforest.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
This river flows through West Africa and gives its name to a major country in the region.
What is the Niger River?
When land becomes less productive and increasingly desert-like, this process is occurring.
What is desertification?
A traveler is in a semi-arid region immediately south of the Sahara. What region are they most likely visiting?
What is the Sahel?
A region located between the Sahara and the wetter areas farther south is vulnerable to environmental changes and drought.
What is the Sahel?
This country is located in western Africa and is associated with the Niger River.
What is Nigeria?
A major river in central Africa provides an important route for moving people and goods toward the Atlantic.
What is the Congo River?
A farmer repeatedly uses the same land without giving the soil enough time to recover. What environmental problem could result?
What is Land degradation/desertification?
A population is concentrated near a river in an otherwise very dry environment. Give one geographic reason this makes sense.
What is Rivers provide water for people, agriculture, and settlement?
This environment is hot and receives enough rainfall to support dense forests and extremely diverse plant and animal life.
What is the tropical rainforest?
This country is located in eastern Africa and is home to both Lake Victoria and Mount Kilimanjaro nearby in the region.
What is Kenya?
Why would a major river be especially important to people living in a region with limited transportation infrastructure?
What is it can provide a transportation route for people and goods?
A community cuts down large numbers of trees for fuel. What is this?Predict one possible long-term environmental consequence.
What is deforestation, which can damage habitats and contribute to environmental degradation?
A farmer notices that the soil is becoming less productive after years of using chemical fertilizer. What substance can build up in the soil?
What is salt?
A student says, “The Sahara is the only desert in Africa.” Give one reason that statement is incorrect.
What is Africa also contains the Kalahari Desert?
This country sits at the southern tip of the African continent.
What is South Africa?
A community wants to develop farms in a dry area. Explain why access to a major river could help the community.
What is the river can provide water needed for agriculture and support settlement?
Explain how both farming and overgrazing can contribute to environmental problems in the Sahel.
What is continuous farming and too many grazing animals can overuse the land and remove vegetation, making the soil more vulnerable to degradation and desertification?
A researcher wants to study an African region threatened by the cutting down of trees. Which environment would be especially important to investigate, and what human activity could be contributing to the problem?
What is the African tropical rainforest; logging/cutting trees for fuel is one possible cause?