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100
This landmark in Ghana helps to create hydroelectric power for quite a few countries.
What is the Akosombo Dam?
100
This climate zone is drier than a savanna; it is covered in trees, thick shrubs, and grasses and is being threatened by desertification
What is steppe?
100
This landmark was created by shifting tectonic plates pulling apart.
What is the Great Rift Valley?
100
Plants with thick, fleshy leaves that can conserve moisture.
What are succulents?
200
Gem stones aren't only used for jewelry, in Africa they mine for these that are used for grinding and sharpening tools.
What are industrial diamonds?
200
This part of the tropical wet climate zone has dense stands of trees and other plants and receives large amounts of rain each year.
What is the rain forest?
200
This mountain range, also known as the "barrier of pointed spears," lies near the cape of Africa.
What is the Drakensburg Range?
200
Deep steep-sided valleys formed when rivers cut through the land.
What are gorges?
300
Places like Nigeria and Angola are not having to focus on agriculture as much because of this resource.
What is oil?
300
This moderate climate zone has comfortable temperatures and enough rainfall for farming.
What is highlands?
300
This desert is the coolest and wettest of the three major deserts in Africa.
What is the Namib?
300
The process of turning fertile land into land that is too dry to support life.
What is desertification?
400
This country is rich in the material used to make jewelry.
What is South Africa?
400
This grassland climate that has scattered woods is home to many of the exotic animals that Africa is known for.
What is savanna?
400
This plateau in South Africa is where a large amount of gold can be found.
What is the Transvaal?
400
The top layer of the rain forest made up of the tops of the highest trees that form an umbrella-like covering.
What is canopy?
500
This resource is mixed with iron ore to create steal and can be found in many places in Africa.
What is chromium?
500
This dry climate zone is known for its high temperatures and little rainfall. You can find sparse vegetation here like trees and succulents.
What is desert?
500
These four rivers make up the major river systems in Africa south of the Sahara.
What are the Nile, Congo, Niger and Zambezi?
500
Periods of time with little or no rainfall.
What is drought?