Water in Sahara
People of Sahara
LandForms
Location
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True or False Question: Plants and animals adapted to the desert
True
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What are the people of the desert called?
The Tuareg
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What is a reg?
A large stony plains
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It stretches from the ______ to the ______.
It stretches from the red sea to the atlantic ocean.
200
What are the 2 major rivers in the Sahara
The Nile and The Niger.
200
The Tuareg are diverse groups of _____ people.
The Tuareg are diverse groups of Nomadic people.
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What is a Hamada?
High rocky plateaus and mountains
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True or False: The Sahara covers almost a third of Africa.
True
300
Fill in the blank If an aquifer reaches the s_____ of a d_____ an oasis is formed.
If an aquifer reaches the surface of a depression an oasis is formed.
300
For thousands of years, the Tuareg people's lives revolved around what?
The trans-Saharan trade.
300
What are the 2 things that shapes the land in a desert?
The direction of wind. The occasional rainfalls.
300
True or false: It has little vegetation and a few surfaces of lava
False
400
Define Aquifers
Aquifers are a layer of permeable rock that is capable of storing significant quantities of water
400
What replaced camels as transportation?
European trains and trucks.
400
What is the Eye of the Sahara also called?
The Richat Structure
400
Fill in the blanks The Sahara is a live ____ environment, which contains extreme ____, frequent ____ storms, little vegetation and a few surface ____ of water.
The Sahara is a live hostile environment, which contains extreme temperature, frequent sand storms, little vegetation and a few surface stores of water.
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Whats the difference between how humans and animals/plants adapted?
Humans found a permanent supply of water whilst plants and animals made use of rainwater that filters through the sand
500
Where are the Tuareg people cities located?
They are bordering the Sahara
500
What is the Eye of the Sahara
A circular landform feature located in the Mauritania. It is an deeply eroded dome, nearly 50 km wide. It formed when an anticline eroded. An anticline is an product of rock strata.
500
Name all the boundaries of the Sahara
Its boundaries are the Atlas Mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, Sudan and valley of the Niger River.
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