African History
Africa Landforms
Africa Climate
Africa Biomes and Resources
SW Asia
Misc.
Final Jeopardy
100
What region of Africa is the Nile River in?
NESWC
North
100
What landform separates north and south Africa?
Sahara Desert
100
Name of the area where arid climate turns into tropical climate.
Transition Zone
100
What type of biome characterizes Sub (below) Sahara near the equator?
Tropical Rainforest
100
Most spoke language in SW Asia/Middle East and North Africa
Arabic
100
Typical economic activity of women in rural areas.
Subsistence Farming
100
2nd Period
a large united trade zone across Europe (Unit 5)
EU or European Union
200
What did European countries want with Africa?
Raw materials/extract resources
200
The Sahara Desert forces people in Egypt to live around what landform that is about 3% of the land in the country?
Nile River
200
What landform resulting from tectonic plate movement, creates a unique climate zone in East Africa?
Great Rift Valley
200
What resource is the most abundant in the Congo Basin?
Timber/Wood/Trees
200
Clothing item that is popular in SW Asia/Middle East for protection from sun and for religious/social reasons.
headwear/headdress/scarf
200
Pyramids are found in what country?
Egypt
200
3rd Period
Spain and Portugal were the main colonizers of what region in the world?
Latin America
300
In which country was there a Genocide in 1994 between Hutus and Tutsi?
Rwanda
300
Why does the Great Rift Valley have fertile soil?
Volcanic activity
300
Due to lack of water and percipitation in North Africa, what are used to get water out of the ground through a well?
Aquifers
300
What biome zone would you find giraffes and lions?
Savanna
300
Christianity, Islam and Judaism all began in Southwest Asia/Middle East. Which one is the most practiced?
Islam
300
What region of the world does North Africa associate most closely with?
Southwest Asia/Arabia
300
5th Period
a trade agreement that exists between the US, Mexico and Canada
NAFTA (now called USMCA)
400
Religion that is characterized by a belief in spirits in all of nature.
Animism
400
Connects the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
Suez Canal
400
Which area gets more precipitation?
North of the Sahel or South of the Sahel?
South
Sahel = Transition Zone
400
What is the second largest freshwater lake in the world?
Lake Victoria
400
What two climates exist in SW Asia?
a) taiga and tundra
b) temperate forests
c) tropical rainforests
d) grasslands and desert
d) grasslands and desert
400
What body of water separates southern Spain and North Africa
Strait of Gibraltar
400
6th Period
The sport of soccer becoming increasingly popular in the United States is an example of cultural ________
- Convergence
- Divergence
- Diffusion
Diffusion
500
What resource is most abundant in SW Asia/Middle East?
Oil/gas
500
What region of Africa if the Serengeti and Great Rift Valley found in?
East Africa
500
What climate is found at the furthest southern edge of Africa?
Mediterranean
500
Term used to describe the conversion of fertile land into arid land.
Desertification
500
How is lack of water addressed by some countries (wealthy counties) in arid or dry places?
Desalination
500
During the civil war in Sudan, what did both sides violate that the UN mandated in 1948?
Human Rights
500
7th Period
an economic system where the government or state owns the means of production (land, factories, natural resources)
Communism
600
What is the greatest economic benefit of canals and straits around the Mediterranean?
Transportation for trade
600
Mountains found in North Africa that create a Mediterranean climate on the North Coast of Morrocco and Algeria?
Atlas Mountains
600
What structure has reduced flooding on the Nile River area?
Aswan High Dam
600
Which country in North Africa built the "Great Man Made River"
It is a country in North Africa (not Egypt)
Libya
600
the holiest city in Islam, serving as the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and the site of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the world's largest human gatherings. People pray towards this city 5 times a day.
Mecca
600
What is the term of legal racial segregation that existed in South Africa as a continuation of European colonization.
Apartheid
700
What country colonized the Congo in the 1800s under King Leopold's rule?
Belgium
700
Name of the desert the hugs the coastline of South Africa
Namib Desert
700
0 degrees latitude is called the
Equator
700
what is the term for the illegal killing of endangered species
poaching
700
The city of Jerusalem is considered a ____________ because it is surrounded by another country
enclave
700
What Empire did Mansa Musa rule over in West Africa in the 1300s?
Mali