AFRICA REVIEW

SAHARA (N. AFRICA)

100

WHAT IS THE MAJOR DESERT THAT STRETCHES ACROSS THIS LAND?

SAHARA DESERT

200

EXPLAIN THE CLIMATE OF NORTH AFRICA

DRY, NO RAIN, DESERT, CAN GET VERY HOT

300

A POOL OF WATER AND VEGETATION IN A DESERT

OASIS 

400

THE MAJORITY RELIGION IN NORTH AFRICA IS 

MUSLIM/ISLAM

500

NAME TWO COUNTRIES IN NORTH AFRICA 

EGYPT, MOROCCO, ALGERIA, TUNISIA, LIBYA, SUDAN

SUB SAHARAN (EAST)

100

DO MOST EAST AFRICANS LIVE IN RURAL AREAS OR URBAN?

RURAL

200

IS THERE MORE OF A DIVERISTY OF LANGUAGES OR A MORE COMMON LANGUAGE AMONGST PEOPLE IN EAST AFRICA?

DIVERSE

300

THE LARGEST LAKE IN AFRICA IS LOCATED HERE IT IS CALLED..

LAKE VICTORIA 

400

THE MAJOR VALLEY THAT RUNS THROUGH EAST AFRICA THE IS VERY OLD AND IS ACTUALLY MADE UP OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT VALLEYS AND DEPRESSIONS

GREAT RIFT VALLEY

500

NAME TWO COUNTRIES IN EAST AFRICA

SUDAN, ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA, KENYA, UGANDA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, BURUNDI, DJIBUTI, ERITREA

SUB SAHARAN (WEST)

100

WHAT CAUSES MOST OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NATIONS/PEOPLE GROUPS IN THIS REGION

A DIVERSITY OF ETHNIC GROUPS AND LACK OF NATIONAL UNITY

200

WHAT RESOURCE SPURRED A MAJOR TRADE SYSTEM AND WAS CONTROLLED BY GHANA?

GOLD

300

WHAT IS A MAJOR ENERGY RESOURCE PRODUCED IN THIS REGION? ESPECIALLY IN NIGERIA

PETROLEUM

400

EXPLAIN THE CLIMATE OF W AFRICA

SAHEL, SEMI ARID, LITTLE TO NO RAIN

500

NAME TWO NATIONS IN WEST AFRICA

MALI NIGER CHAD NIGERIA MAURITANIA SENEGAL GUINEA GAMBIA SIERRA LEONE GHANA COTE DIVOIRE TOGO BENIN 

SUB SAHARAN (CENTRAL)

100

THE LARGE RAINFOREST LOCATED HERE IS CALLED..

THE CONGO 

200

THE CLIMATE IN MUCH OF THIS REGION IS..

TROPICAL

300

AROUND 3,000 YEARS AGO CENTRAL AFRICANS CHANGED FROM USING STONE TOOLS TO...

IRON

400

WHAT BEGAN IN THE 1400S ON CENTRAL AFRICAN COASTS THAT WAS A MAJOR TRADE BUSINESS BETWEEN AFRICA AND EUROPEANS?

TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE

500

COUNTRIES FROM WHAT CONTINENT BEGAN TO COLONIZE CENTRAL AFRICAN NATIONS TO EXPLOIT THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES?

EUROPE

SUB SAHARAN (SOUTHERN)

100

MAJORITY RELIGION IN THIS REGION IS...

CHRISTIANITY 

200

WHAT IS AN APRATHEID?

THE SEPERATION OF BLACKS AND WHITES IN SOUTH AFRICA 

300

A POWERFUL ETHNIC GROUP AND KINGDOM IN THIS REGION THAT WAS LED BY SHAKA IN THE EARLY 1800S

THE ZULUS; ZULU EMPIRE

400

THE DESERT LOCATED HERE IS NAMED

THE KALAHARI DESERT

500

WHAT NATION IS KNOWN FOR COLONIZING THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA?

GREAT BRITAIN