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Africa Miscellaneous
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Name the four regions of Africa?
North, West, East, & South/Central
100
What is the most common vegetation in Africa?
Tropical Savanna
100
What plant from which chocolate is made grows in the rain forest regions?
cacao
100
What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
100
How is petroleum used?
to make oil & gasoline
200
What is the world's largest desert?
The Sahara
200
What are the key factors that influence Africa's climate?
Distance from equator and elevation
200
What activity threatens the rain forest and the species that live there?
logging
200
What two questions do geographers ask themselves about a place?
Where is it and why is it there?
200
What kind of animal is suited for desert life?
Camels
300
Which region is the continent's most populated region?
West
300
The ____________ the elevation, the __________ a place tends to be.
higher - cooler
300
What kind of farming does one do if they raise just enough crops to support their family?
subsistance farming
300
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is what is happening outside today and climate is what the weather has been like over a long period of time.
300
What is Africa's tallest mountain called?
Mount Kilimanjaro
400
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile
400
What is a long period of little or no rain called?
drought
400
What disease can be spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito?
Malaria
400
What is latitude and longitude measured in?
degrees
400
What is the name of the spectacular waterfall that plunges from the water of the Zambezi River?
Victoria Falls
500
What are the names of the four major rivers of Africa?
Nile - Congo - Niger - Zambezi
500
What words means to supply with water through a ditch, pipe, channel, or sprinkler?
irrigate
500
What kind of work is done by most Africans?
farming
500
Name the five themes of geography?
Location, Place, Movement, Region, & Human Environment Interaction
500
What three lines run through the continent of Africa?
The equator, tropic of cancer, and tropic of capricorn?