Physical Geography
This is the longest river in the world and Egypt’s main water source.
→ What is the Nile River?
This 1884–1885 meeting divided Africa among European nations.
What is the Berlin Conference?
A country that relies on one or two exports is called this.
→ What is a one-commodity nation?
The uppermost layer of rainforest branches where most animals live.
→ What is the canopy?
A steep slope with a flat plateau on top.
→ What is an escarpment?
Africa’s highest mountain and a dormant volcano.
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
European nations divided Africa without input from these people.
Who were African leaders?
This country is the world’s largest diamond producer through its partnership with De Beers.
→ What is Botswana?
This dam in Egypt controls flooding and provides irrigation.
→ What is the Aswan High Dam?
Fine soil deposited by rivers during floods.
→ What is silt?
This massive desert dominates northern Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This anti-apartheid leader was imprisoned for 27 years and later became president.
→ Who is Nelson Mandela?
When educated workers leave Africa to work in Western countries, it is called this.
→ What is Brain Drain?
This process turns fertile land into desert due to overgrazing and farming.
→ What is desertification?
A depression in the earth where water collects.
→ What is a basin?
Most of Africa is this type of landform sitting around 1,000 feet above sea level.
→ What is a plateau?
This system enforced racial separation in South Africa.
What is Apartheid?
Colonial rulers developed Africa’s resources mainly for this purpose.
→ What is export to Europe?
This narrow band of dry grassland lies south of the Sahara.
→ What is the Sahel?
A place in the desert where underground water reaches the surface.
→ What is an oasis?
These long valleys were formed when tectonic plates pulled apart.
→ What is the Great Rift Valley?
This Zulu leader built a powerful kingdom in southern Africa.
→ Who is Shaka?
This West African organization works to remove trade barriers and create a common currency.
→ What is ECOWAS?
This disease spreads most commonly through contaminated water.
→ What is Cholera?
This term describes an agricultural or mining product that can be sold.
→ What is a commodity?