The physical feature of Africa that covers most of the northern region of the continent.
What is the Sahara Desert?
100
-Over population
-Extensive commercial logging
-The use of wood for cooking and heating
-The clearing of land for subsistence farming
What are the causes of deforestation?
100
An extremely dry period where water is far below typical levels.
What is a drought?
100
Most people in North Africa MOST LIKELY live
A) near oil reserves.
B) in the Sahara Desert.
C) near the Mediterranean Sea.
C) Near the Mediterranean Sea
100
Which of these is the BEST explanation for Africa's modern deforestation problems?
A) The land is needed for the expanding cattle industry.
B) Trees are cut down for fuel and for farming.
B) Trees are cut down for fuel and for farming.
200
The desert is located in the southern region of Africa.
What is the Kalahari Desert?
200
-The loss of animal habitat
-erosion of the land- loss of usable soil
-desertification
What are some of the effects of deforestation in Sub- Saharan Africa?
200
The semi -arid region that runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea and is the southern border of the Sahara desert.
What is the Sahel
200
Egypt, the Mediterranean coast, Northern Morocco, and the Atlas Mountains.
What are the areas of the Sahara Desert with the largest population?
200
Which statement BEST describes the effects of drought- desertification- and erosion on the people who live in the Sahel on the edge of the Sahara Desert?
A)These factors have caused a great migration of people from the region.
B)These factors have led to hunger in the region because of a lack of arable land.
B)These factors have led to hunger in the region because of a lack of arable land.
300
The transition zone located between the Sahara Desert and the Savanna.
What is the Sahel?
300
Over population
Deforestation
Over grazing
Poor farming practices
Drought
What are some of the reasons for and or causes of desertification in Sub- Saharan Africa.
300
The greatest impact on human settlement patterns in sub- Saharan Africa.
Proximity to water sources needed for drinking and irrigation.
300
What are the reasons for large populations of people in Northern Morocco, near the Mediterranean sea, and in Egypt in the Sahara Desert?
Access to water/resources and arable land.
300
The non -existence of a species of plant or animal anywhere in the world.
What is extinction?
400
-This feature covers over 50 % of Africa and can be described as a vast grassland with scattered trees and a home to a variety of wild animals.
What is the Savanna?
400
Unusable soil
Loss of crops
Famine
Dust storms
What are some of the effects of desertification?
400
Which of these is an effect of deforestation, and why?
A) drought
B) climate change
c) colder temperatures
B) climate change
400
Explain how and why the nomadic people of the Sahara Desert travel.
The nomadic people of the desert travel my camel.
Camels may travel for days without needing water.
Water supplies are limited in the Sahara desert.
400
An extreme scarcity of food.
What is famine?
500
The majority of the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara desert
What is Sub Saharan Africa?
500
The logging practice of removing all trees from a harvest area which can result in deforestation.
What is clear cutting?
500
The 2nd largest continent in the world.
Africa.
500
Explain how most people in the Rainforest travel.
By foot or by boat along the Congo river.
500
The long-term result of drought and desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa is MOST LIKELY
A) disease.
B) famine.
C) fire.
D) flooding.