Africa 1
grasslands in Tanzania
contains rich oil deposits in Nigeria
What is the Niger Delta?
in Algeria, music developed by poor urban children
What is rai music?
a city establihed by the Shona around 1000 AD
What is Great Zimbabwe?
A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top
What is an escarpment?
the world's longest river
What is the Nile River?
long, thin valley
What is a rift valley?
a montheistic religion practiced by Muslims
What is Islam?
What is Fang Sculpture?
Supports vegetation and wildlife in the desert
What is an oasis?
huge stores of underground water
What is an aquifer?
an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts
What is desertification?
What is apartheid?
Who are the Ashanti?
Refers to the top of trees, about 150 feet above the ground
What is the canopy?
the largest desert in the world
What is the Sahara?
a group of people who govern themselves according to family lineage
Wha is a stateless society?
What are cash crops?
the leader of what is now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo
Who is Mobutu Sese Seko?
A narrow band of dry grassland that runs east to west on the southern edge of the Sahara
What is the Sahel?
created an artifical lake, named Lake Nasser
What is the Aswan High Dam?
an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts
What is desertification?
elected President of South Africa in 1996
Who is Nelson Mandela?
a city on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in North Africa that become a trading and commercial force in the ancient world
What is Carthage?