L19: The Nile River
What is the source of the White Nile?
Lake Victoria
What do ergs, regs, and hammadas all have in common?
They're all desert landforms
What is a micro-enterprise?
A small business with few employees
Nigeria is divided into how many cultural regions and what are their names?
3 Northern, Western, & Eastern
What was South Africa's apartheid policy's purpose
Racial segregation
Ethiopia
Marginal land is best described as land that is
Not good for farming
In traditional societies with gender-based division of labor, the kind of work a person does depends mainly on that person’s
Gender
Nigeria used to be a colony under which European country?
Britain
What disease has been effecting South Africa's population
HIV/AIDS
How long is the Nile River?
4,160 miles
What is a cause of Desertification
Drought, Overgrazing, Deforestation
Name the term that best describes this definition: the part of the economy in which goods and services are exchanged outside of government control
Informal Economy
What is the largest ethnic group in Western Nigeria
Yoruba
Who won South Africa's 1994 election?
Nelson Mandela
Why is the Nile Delta such fertile farmland?
Nutrient-rich silt gets deposited
The Tuareg are a group that have adapted to life in the Sahara. What is a way in which this groups has adapted to their environment?
Cover their heads and faces
Using camels as transportation
In the Mali village of Sanankoroni women micro-entrepreneurs are using a multifunctional platform to make running their business easier. How are they using the multifunction platform?
To grind peanuts into peanut butter
What major lake resides in Nigeria?
Lake Chad
During apartheid many black families were forced to move to poor rural areas that were called ?
Homelands
Which part of the water cycle directly leads to the formation of rivers?
Runoff
Why are date palms so important to human life in the Sahara? One way the plant is used?
Every aspect of the plant is used
Date = eaten
Trunk/leaves = building mats
fibers/bark = Rope
What disease is spread from mosquitoes to humans causing many deaths to occur in Africa?
Malaria
Nigeria suffered a civil war when the Igbo tried to form their own country. The civil war lasted from 1967 to ...?
1970
Dutch colonists were the first to arrive in South Africa, they were called ______ after the Dutch word for "farmers"
Boers