Africa Geography
What is the longest river in Africa and in the world?
Nile
What is the main problem around water in Africa?
Scarcity
Where are the Atlas Mountains located in Africa?
(Hint: Use a cardinal direction)
North Africa
What does desertification mean?
Having to do with soil erosion.
Which region has largest desert?
Sahara
What are the three deserts we talked about in Africa this year?
Sahel, Sahara, Kalahari
What is another main problem around water in Africa?
Water pollution
What direction does the Congo River in Africa run?
North and then South
What does Sahel mean?
Border or Margin.
Which region is relatively flat with few hills and mountains?
Sahel
Why is it hard to live in northern Africa?
Desert/scarcity of water
What is causing less and less water in Africa?
Drought
What two countries in Africa does the Congo River run through?
Congo (Republic of Congo) and the D.R.C (Democratic Republic of Congo)
What does deforestation mean?
The action of clearing a wide area of trees
Which region can grow grasses and grain (like wheat), oats, and sorghum?
Savanna
Why is the tropical rainforest getting smaller and smaller?
Because of deforestation
What is one of the main crisis that people go through in Africa that makes it hard to survive?
Famine/Hunger
Where is the Niger River located in Africa?
Hint:(use cardinal direction)
West Africa
What do you call a group of people that does not live in one place but moves from place to place
Nomads
What is the world's largest desert?
Sahara
Which African country is the youngest country in the world?
South Africa
What word that we have discussed means sprinkled or spread out, or a little of few
sparse