Countries
Apartheid ended here in 1990’s?
South Africa
The name of the sea that divides Africa from Europe is _____________
Red Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Niger River ends here
Niger
Nigeria
Ghana
Nigeria
Most of the land in Africa is used for _______
Mining
Nomadic herding and mining
Nomadic herding and subsistence farming
Nomadic herding and subsistence farming
Which country lies in the heart of the Congo Basin?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is a man-made waterway that connects Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
Suez Canal
The name of the sea that divides Africa from Europe is _____________
Red Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean
What was a form of conflict that led to Sudan’s civil war? Name 2
1. Conflict between Christians and Muslims
2. Conflict between Sudan and Chad
3. Conflict between farmers and herders
1. Conflict between Christians and Muslims
2. Conflict between Sudan and Chad
Which country is the “heart of the Sahel”?
Mali
This desert is as large as the continental U.S.
Sahara
Kalahari
Nambid
Sahara
This is the longest river in the world
Niger
Nile
Congo
Nile
What started the conflict in South Sudan?
South Sudan’s president and Vice President began arguing on how the country should be run
Which country is an island nation?
Madagascar
This area is the densest rain forests of Africa
Atlas Mts
Congo Basin
Ethiopian Highlands
Congo Basin
This ocean separates Africa from Australia
Indian Ocean
What are the two main causes of desertification?
1. Overgrazing of animals and long droughts of that destroy root systems
2. Prolonged civil wars
3. All the crops were eaten
1 and 2
This country lies on the north shore of Lake Victoria?
Uganda
This is the area between the Sahara and the rain forests of West Africa
Sahara
Sahel
Congo
Sahel
This ocean divides Africa from the Americas
Atlantic
What is the leading cause of death in Africa?
AIDS