Map It Out
This desert covers most of North Africa.
What is the Sahara?
This problem is caused by cutting down too many trees.
What is deforestation?
Most people in Africa live near this type of feature.
What is a water source (like rivers)?
A government where one leader has all the power.
What is an autocracy?
This type of economy relies on customs and traditions.
What is a traditional economy?
This river is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This issue happens when fertile land becomes desert.
What is desertification?
The Sahara is sparsely populated, but most people there live near these.
What are oases or the Nile River?
A government where citizens have the power to vote and choose leaders.
What is a democracy?
This type of economy is controlled entirely by the government.
What is a command economy?
This mountain is Africa's tallest peak
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Polluted water supplies often lead to outbreaks of this disease.
What is cholera?
This grassland region is home to most of Africa's farming and animals.
What is the savanna?
In this democracy, citizens elect lawmakers, who then select the leader.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
This type of economy is driven by supply and demand.
What is a market economy?
Name one of the two most important rivers in West/Central Africa.
What is the Niger or the Congo?
Over 300 million Africans lack safe access to this.
Whis is clean water?
These natural resources are key exports of Nigeria.
What is oil and petroleum?
In this democracy, citizens elect both the legislature and the head of state.
What is the presidential democracy?
A tax on imports is called this.
What is a tariff?
This desert in southern Africa is partly grassland and not a "true desert."
What is the Kalahari Desert?
True or False: Water scarcity in Africa only affects rural areas.
What is False?
Explain why trade is difficult across the Sahara but easier along Africa's coasts.
Because deserts are natural barriers to travel and transport, while coasts provide ports and easy access to trade routes.
Match the country with is system: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya.
South Africa = Parliamentary; Nigeria & Kenya = Presidential.
Countries need these to trade with each other when they use different currencies.
What are exchange rates?