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Where is fishing a large industry? Why there? 15X
Ocean. The rivers are dirty, have parasites, bacteria, and other threats (piranha)
Name the 4 mineral resources found in Africa besides gold and copper. 10X
chromium, manganese, uranium, cobalt
What is an idea to help the economy in South Africa?
What are the 2 reasons it will not happen anytime soon. 20X
Build a highway to connect North and South Africa.
It costs a lot of money and it will have to run thorugh the Sahara Desert
What is sisal? 20X
A fiberous plant that is used to make rope.
What is desertification? 20X
Land that was once fertile is no longer able to produce crops.
4 Reasons Transportation and Communication are difficult. 25X
Difficult terrain, distance between cities, limited number of harbors, rivers not completely travelable
Why do locals only produce a single cash crop each year to make a living? 20X
They know it will grow and they will get food and surplus because of it. Planting something else might not grow.
3 things that have impacted the environment in South Africa. 20X
Misuse of land, growth of economy, urban development
Why is there conflict in Zimbabwe? 20X
Northern countries took 40% of the good land and left the rest to the locals, but most of the land that they left is not good for growing
The definition of Industrialization. What are the 3 reasons not much exists in South Africa? 20X
Producing a factory that makes items.
Lack of skilled workers, Unstable government, High Poverty
Top 4 exports 15X
Oil, peanuts, cacao, sisal
What 2 things does tribalism counteract? 20X
Peace and democracy
3 reasons that have created famine in South Africa.
20X
Drought, Civil wars, Desertification
The 2 groups of people responsible for killing off exotic species in South Africa. 15X
The Europeans and Poachers.
Besides the Apartheid, why is South Africa still lagging behind the rest of the world? 15X
Bad economic policies
The population in South Africa is outgrowing..... 20X
Available resources
What does literacy mean? Why do they have such low literacy rates? 20X
Literacy is being able to read. THey have limited printed resources.
2 Challenges for the farmers. Define the first challenge. 20X
Irrigation and keeping up with new techniques.
Irrigation is taking water from a source and bringing it to where it is needed.
Most of the power in South Africa comes from this.... because they don't have this... 15X
Rivers. Electricity.
The South African rainforest now compared to what it once was. 10X
It is half of it's original size.
The main problem with logging. 20X
Deforestation
Oil
Most people do this to make a living. 10X
Farm
Who gains the wealth from Africas mineral resoures? 15X
The northern countries
Wealth in South Africa is measured by this. 15X
The amount of cattle a person has.