Misc. Geography
Most common climate zone in Africa
What is arid?
Since ancient times, much of Egypt's food has been grown here.
What is the Nile Delta?
condensation, runoff, evaporation, infiltration, precipitation
What are parts of the water cycle?
This is a very small business with few or no employees
What is a micro-enterprise?
This policy was created to separate ethnic groups in South Africa.
What is apartheid?
Most common type of vegetation in Central Africa
What is broadleaf evergreen forest?
This is the name for an area drained by a river and its tributaries.
What is a river basin?
This natural force keeps the Sahara extra dry.
What are trade winds?
Natural disasters, disease, and war contribute to this life condition in Africa.
What is widespread poverty?
South Africa focusing on preparing all students for good jobs is an example of this choice
What is an educational goal emphasized in South Africa since the end of apartheid?
Most common economic activity in North Africa
What is petroleum drilling?
These items created barriers to river travel on the Nile in ancient times.
What are cataracts?
This land area south of the Sahara receives more rainfall.
What is the Sahel?
Completing certain tasks based on being male or female is called this.
What is gender-based division of labor?
What is multiracial?
This is the fastest growing in the world
What is Africa's population growth?
These two things have put pressure on Cairo's water supply
What are population growth and pollution?
Overgrazing, deforestation, and long-term drought.
What are causes of desertification?
Market stalls with bargain prices may be an example of this type of economy.
What is informal economy?
Black people gained control of the government through free elections is an example of this after the end of apartheid.
What is the distribution of political power?
The largest island nation in Africa.
What is Madagascar?
This is the mouth of the Nile River
What is near Cairo, at the Mediterranean Sea.
Springs bubbling to the surface, created by humans, formed at low spots in the landscape.
What are ways oases are formed?
The largest ethnic group in Western Nigeria.
What are the Yoruba?
He was the first black person elected to lead South Africa after the end of apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This African organization works together to promote peace, improve public health, and advocate for human rights.
What is the African Union?
OThis was built to develop the Nile's hydroelectric power.
What is the Aswan High Dam?
This type of land is most threatened by desertification.
What are marginal lands?
A region where people share the same way of life is known as.
What is a cultural region?
Diamonds, coal, and iron.
What are important natural resources in South Africa?
This trade activity allowed the early African kingdoms of West Africa, Ghana, and Mali gain power and wealth.
What is control trade across the Sahara?
This is the main source of the White Nile.
What is Lake Victoria?
Tuareg people wearing head and face coverings are examples of this.
What is human adaptation to life in the desert?
Many different dialects of the same language are known as this term.
What is a linguistic group?