Central Africa
What major river flows through Central Africa and into the Atlantic Ocean
The Congo River
What is the name of the main valley that runs through East Africa?
the Great Rift Valley
What physical feature covers most of North Africa?
What is The Sahara desert
What is the climate zone just south of the Sahara Desert?
What is the Sahel
What is a spoken record of the past?
oral history
In rural areas, people are most likely to trade goods at a _______?
What is the tallest mountain?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is the main climate zone for North Africa?
What is desert climate
What two West African countries were named after ancient kingdoms?
Mali and Ghana
What is the intentional destruction of a people?
genocide
What is the biggest country?
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo
What is the smallest country in East Africa?
What is Djibouti
What sea borders the northern coast that the Nile River flows into?
the Mediterranean Sea
True or false: Was West Africa part of the slave trade
True
What is a practice where one country tries to dominate another country's government, trade, and culture
imperialism
What is the most common mineral resource? hint (there is a belt of it in the south)
What is copper
Which East African country used to be a part of Ethiopia?
Eritrea
What language do the majority of North Africans speak?
Arabic
Located in Nigeria, what is the largest city in West Africa?
Lagos
What is a place on the earth's surface where the crust stretches until it breaks?
rift valley
What is the religion that the majority of people practice in Central Africa?
Christianity
In what two countries in East Africa is tourism most important to the economy?
What do ships use to save time instead of sailing all the way around Africa?
the Suez Canal
What is the process of desert-like conditions spreading?
desertification
What is a city in which almost no taxes are placed on goods sold there
freeport