Geography Terms & Places
This is the largest warm desert in the world
What is the Sahara Desert?
This is the longest river in Africa
What is the Nile River
"He became president after South Africa's first multi-racial elections in 1994."
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This type of government provides the most personal freedoms
What is a democracy?
"This process, defined on the study guide, describes fertile land turning into desert."
What is desertification?
"Which group is in East Africa and shares language and culture along the coast — who are they?"
Who are the Swahili?
This mountain range appears in northern Africa.
What are the Atlas Mountains?
This river system flows through Africa's largest rainforest
What is the Congo River
"He and Mandela worked together to end apartheid and transition South Africa."
Who is F. W. de Klerk?
"In a parliamentary democracy, these people choose the prime minister"
Who are the members of the majority party?
"This human activity is a major cause of desertification."
What is overuse of the land (including overgrazing and deforestation)?
"This group from West Africa is mentioned and known historically for gold and trade."
Who are the Ashanti?
This canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
What is the Suez Canal?
This is the largest lake in Africa.
What is Lake Victoria?
"This Kenyan leader is listed on the study guide as an important figure."
Who is Jomo Kenyatta?
"An economy where traditional roles dictate economic decisions is called this"
What is a traditional economy?
"The biggest environmental issue in Africa named in the test documents is the ___________ of clean water."
What is scarcity?
"This broad linguistic and cultural group spread across much of sub-Saharan Africa; the study guide asks who they are."
Who are the Bantu?
This desert in southern Africa
What is the Kalahari Desert?
"This lake in the Great Rift Valley is very deep."
What is Lake Tanganyika?
This anti-colonial militant movement in Kenya
What is the Mau Mau?
"Most countries are this type of economy because they combine several systems."
What is a mixed economy?
This practice — planting trees to restore forests — is on the study guide as a countermeasure."
What is reforestation?
define an ethnic group
What is a group sharing language, cultural identity, and often religion?
This feature listed on the study guide lies in the eastern African rift and contains Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria
What is the Great Rift Valley?
"This river that shares its name with a West African country in part and is a major water source."
What is the Niger River?
"This system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa"
What is apartheid?
"This economic concept from the study guide is the amount left after costs are subtracted from revenue."
What is profit?
"This mosquito-borne disease is a major health concern in parts of Africa."
What is malaria?
How literacy rate relates to a country's standard of living — this relationship is typically described as
What is: higher literacy rates generally correlate with higher standards of living?