Geography/Physical Features
Environmental Issues
Regions of Africa
Ethnic and Religious
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100
This physical feature is located in the north western part of Africa.
Atlas Mountains
100
The mass clearing of vegetation (plants, grasses, trees). When done too much, leads to desertification.
Deforestation
100
Number 1
Sahara Desert
100
If two people are both Muslims, they share the same...
Religious group
100
Which region is most likely to experience desertification?
Sahel
200
Number 24
Kalahari Desert
200
The 2 major issues with water within Africa
Unequal Water Distribution
Water Pollution
200
This region is most known for people being able to live off the land. Many people living here are subsistence Farmers.
The Savanna
200
What physical feature would keep the cultures of North Africa separate from Sub-Saharan Africa?
The Sahara Desert
200
What are some causes of desertification?
Poor farming practices
Over grazing
Deforestation
Drought
300
Country 8
Kenya
300
Expansion of the desert
desertification
300
Number 4
Tropical Rainforest
300
Arabs migrated from the Middle East to North Africa through merchants and trading. What religion did the Arabs predominately spread through north Africa?
Islam
300
What are the 2 main causes of water pollution?
Industrial Waste
Human Waste
400
Number 7, the river that flows north
Nile River
400
The process of getting water from where it is, to where it needs to be?
Irrigation
400
This region is slowly moving south due to the expansion of the Sahara desert.
Sahel
400
True or False: Animism (traditional African Religion) teaches that natural objects like trees, rivers, and animals have spirits that should be respected
True
400
Which region is most likely to experience deforestation?
Tropical Rainforest
500
This country forms the southern tip of Africa
South Africa
500
How has water pollution in Africa effected Economic Growth? (Double points for why)
Slowed economic growth
when people get sick, they cannot work. Drinking polluted water makes you sick
500
Why is the population of the Sahara so low?
Lack of water
500
European missionaries traveled through and colonized much of Africa and Central Africa. Which religion did the Europeans spread through Africa?
Christianity
500
What physical feature in the southwestern portion of Africa would lead to a low population in that area?
Kalahari Desert