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The process of the desert expanding into regions that were previously a different biome.
What is Desertification?
This is a period of time in a country where there is a shortage of food.
What is Famine?
In this type of government, the people have the right to vote and have a say in the government. Most common form of government.
What is Democracy?
Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa all have this type of economy. Type of economy where the government controls some and the people control some.
What is a Mixed Economy?
The process of clearing trees to make room for roads, houses, and farmlands.
What is deforestation?
What is the Nile River?
This environmental issue is a period of time with very little rainfall.
What is Drought?
In this type of government, citizens have very little say in the government, and most of the power is held by one person.
What is Autocracy?
Type of trade barrier that places limit on the number of goods brought into a country. Example: Limit on the number of cars shipped into the US from Japan.
What is Quota?
The percentage of people in a country that can read and write.
What is Literacy Rate?
This type of trade barrier is a ban on trade with another country. countries do this for various reasons, economic and political.
What is Embargo?
This environmental issue leads to the spread of diseases in Africa. it is a form of pollution.
What is Water Pollution?
Type of government where the people elect the members of the legislature, and those members choose the president. South Africa has this type of government.
What is Parliamentary Democracy?
The man made tools, technology, and equipment that people use to produce other goods and services.
What are Capital Resources?
In this type of government, people directly elect the president. Kenya and Nigeria both have this type of government.
What is Presidential Democracy?
AIDS and HIV are major diseases in Africa. African government could invest in ____________ to help them combat these diseases.
What is Healthcare?
This region in Africa is most negatively affected by deforestation.
What is Central Africa?
This is a problem with governments across Africa. It usually results in high levels of poverty, low literacy rates, and famine. This is a fairly common problem for many newly formed countries
What is Government Instability?
This is one of the four factors of production. It is when a person uses their resources to start a business. When this happens they take on some risk because their business might fail.
What is an Entrepreneur?
The value of one nations currency in terms of another nations currency. This is used for trade between countries.
What is Exchange Rate?
Nigeria's government controls these two major industries.
What is Agriculture and Oil
In 2010, an extreme drought occurred in the ________ region below the Sahara in West Africa. This drought led to a food shortage because there was very little rainfall.
What is Sahel?
What is Specialization?