West Africa
This major river flows through West Africa and was important for trade and transportation.
What is the Niger River?
This massive crack in Earth’s crust runs through East Africa and was formed by tectonic plates pulling apart.
What is the Great Rift Valley?
This is the capital city of the Central African country your group researched.
(Accept specific capital depending on country)
This country has the strongest economy in Southern Africa and was the center of Apartheid.
What is South Africa?
This sea borders North Africa to the north and connects the region to Europe.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This climate region in West Africa is dry and sits between the Sahara Desert and tropical rainforests.
What is the Sahel?
Because much of East Africa sits at a high elevation, temperatures are cooler even though the region is near this imaginary line.
What is the equator?
This is one official language spoken in many Central African countries due to colonization.
What is French?
This type of country has no ocean access, making trade more difficult and slower.
What is landlocked?
This is the largest hot desert in the world and covers much of North Africa.
What is the Sahara Desert?
This country is the most populous in West Africa and has an economy heavily based on oil.
What is Nigeria?
This country’s economy relies heavily on coffee, tea, and tourism, and its capital city is Nairobi.
What is Kenya?
This natural resource is commonly found in Central Africa and is important to the economy.
What are diamonds, oil, or minerals? (accept multiple)
This river is an important physical feature in Southern Africa and supports transportation and ecosystems.
What is the Zambezi River?
This region of western North Africa includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia and shares a common culture and language.
What is the Maghreb?
This environmental issue in West Africa occurs when land becomes dry and less fertile, often due to overgrazing and climate change.
What is desertification?
In 1994, extremist leaders targeted this ethnic group during a genocide in Rwanda.
Who are the Tutsi?
This type of government is common in some Central African countries and may include leaders with strong or total control.
What is a dictatorship (or authoritarian government)?
This system in South Africa separated people based on race and was enforced by laws.
What is Apartheid?
In Libya, this natural resource brought wealth to the country and is a major part of its economy.
What is oil?
This issue affects several West African countries and includes unstable governments, corruption, and conflict.
What is political instability?
This combination of high population density, limited farmland, and ethnic tension contributed to violent conflict in Rwanda and Burundi.
What is population pressure and ethnic tension (or competition for land and power)?
This issue, often connected to natural resources or weak governments, can lead to violence or instability in Central Africa.
What is conflict / political instability?
This leader became a symbol of resistance after being imprisoned for 27 years and later became president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This narrow waterway between Africa and Europe is an important trade route where Spain can be seen from Africa.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?