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Physical Geography of Africa
East African Geography
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Mr. Glasson/ Canton Trivia
100

This Tropical Grassland is a great place to go on a safari

Savanna

100

It's not that it's sleeping, what does dormant mean?

Inactive

100

high humidity and thick vegetation or dry humidity and sparse vegetation... Which better describes a rainforest?

high humidity and thick vegetation

100

Roads, Bridges, and Schools. These are all examples of what?

Infrastructure

100

What Sport does Mr. Glasson Coach

Track & Field

200

The process by which land becomes less fertile is known as what?

Desertification

200

What makes the water so special in the Danakil Depression?

It has high amounts of Fluoride because it's found underground

200

Name a problem that's happening in the Congo Rainforest.

Illegal Logging

Climate Change

Overuse of natural resources

200

Named after a city in South Africa... What does the Kimberley Process do?

certifies that the diamonds people buy are conflict free a.k.a that they're not Blood Diamonds.

200
Every Friday Mr. Glasson wears what type of shirt

Hawaiian shirt 

300
Pollution, Climate Change, and the overuse by people farming. What do all 3 of these activities have in common?

They are causes of desertification

300

The Afar people mining the salt of the Danakil Depression in order to sell is an example of what Human & Environment Interaction?

Depend

300

Name a way that the people of the Congo "Change" the Congo Rainforest

cutting down the trees

building homes and farms where the trees once stood

300

Owch! The dwarves in Snow White made it look so easy! Name a way that the Diamond Industry harms people

Child Labor

Death on the Job

Funds armed groups that cause violence

Underpays workers (promotes poverty)

300

What event just happened this past weekend in Collinsville?

Collinsville Halloween Parade

Collinsville Trick or Trot

400

You've had to study prefixes in English class. What does the prefix of Sub, in Sub-Saharan Africa mean?

Under or Below

400
If the Afar People mine all of the salt out of the Danakil Depression what Human & Environment interaction is that?

Change

400

80% of the protein of people living in the Congo comes from Bush Meat from the Congo Rainforest. What Human & Environment Interaction is that?

Depend

400

Diamonds Are Forever, not talking about the the 1971 James Bond Film but instead... name a way that the people of Botswana are benefiting from the Diamond Industry?

Better regulation has led to people being paid more

More money for infrastructure and groups helping disadvantaged people in the country

Created jobs and teach skills to workers and empowers them for a successful life outside of the diamond industry

400

Perhaps it's playing soccer, swimming, or running cross country what's the name of the Park that many enjoy here in Canton?

Mills Pond

500

For full points name 1 main geographic feature of each region we studied so far.

East: GRV

Central: Congo Basin or Congo River

South: Great Escarpment or Kalahari Desert

500

Why is there so much salt in the Danakil Depression?

When the Depression was formed by the GRV, it was originally filled with ocean water which evaporated over time due to the heat leaving all of the salt behind.
500

Explain how illegal logging can actually hurt the people of the Congo's ability to eat.

The animals that the people hunt live in the rainforest, without the rainforest people will have access to less bush meat which they rely on for their diet.

500

The Math ain't Mathing... How can a country have and sell a lot of diamonds but their people still live in poverty?

Government Corruption results in the money from the industry going to a few individuals instead of back to the workers or funding infrastructure to better everyones lives.
500

Name every Middle School Sport available at CMS

Fall: Field Hockey & Cross Country

Winter: Wrestling

Spring: Track & Field