Physical features
1/3 of Africa, largest in the world
What is the Sahara Desert
Northern Africa but from Arabia. Don’t forget to pray five times a day.
What is the Arab people
The regions of Africa
What are northern, western, central, eastern, and southern
The largest voluntary migration in human history
What is the Bantu migration
Unequal access to water
What is Africa’s primary environmental issue
The “Shore” or the borderlands between the Sahara and Savanna
What is the Sahel?
We speak Twi and are united under the Golden Stool
Who are the Ashanti
Arabic people, desert conditions, and Islam
What is Northern Africa
Choosing to move
What is voluntary migration
Sahara and Kalahari Deserts
What physical features limit access to water
The Sahel has this climate
What is semi_arid
If 650 Bantu languages wasn’t enough, we blended with Arabic to form this new language
Who are the Swahili
The Sahara and Sahel, Niger River, Golden Stool
What is Western Africa
Loss of work force, increased conflict, forced migration
What are impacts of the slave trade
Loss of protection for the soil, erosion, sun bakes the soil
What are the impacts of deforestation
Near the equator, hot but usually adequate rain, tall grass but few trees
What is the savanna
We left the flies and avoided the deserts. The savanna was just right
Who are the Bantu
The great rift valley, Mt Kilimanjaro, Swahili
what is Eastern Africa
What is forced migration
Urban and agriculture runoff, dumping waste, industrial pollution
What are the causes of water pollution
Hot and humid. Don’t get bit by the flies. You’ll take a forever nap
What is the tropical rainforest
Types of human characteristics
What are language, religion, ancestry (land use, population density, political systems)
The Congo River and its basin. Plus trees so dense you can’t see the floor
What is Central Africa
Spread of disease, weakened population, loss of skilled workers
What are the impacts of taking the strongest during the slave trade
Inadequate water supply, irrigation, growing demand in cities
What are the causes of unequal water distribution