Vocabulary
What is the largest desert in Africa?
The Sahara Desert
What theme of geography is associated with this statement:
The Nile River Valley was a very fertile place to grow crops
Place
What are the two branches of the Nile called?
The Blue and White Niles
What does the color red mean on a physical map?
Very tall mountains, over 10,000 feet
What is the region between the Sahara and the grassland of the Savanna called?
The Sahel
What theme of geography is associated with this statement:
South Africa is South of the equator.
Location
What is the name of the place where the Blue and White Niles come together?
The Confluence of the Nile
What does the color red mean on a Vegetation map?
Broadleaf Evergreen Forest
What is the name for the belief system that everything has a soul?
Animism
What theme of geography is associated with this statement:
Farmers in the Niger River Valley used irrigation systems to bring water to their farms.
HEI
Artificial
What two kinds of information are present on an economic activity map?
Land use and resources
What is the second largest religion in the world, with over 1.8 billion adherents?
Islam
What theme of geography is associated with this statement:
The ancient kingdoms of Egypt and Nubia engaged in a lot of trade with each other and with other kingdoms in Asia and around the Mediterranean sea.
Movement
What are the Cataracts of the Nile?
A place of shallow water with rocks and islands
Which would have more people living in it, an area colored purple on a population map or an area colored orange?
Purple
What would be an example of a physical barrier?
Wall, river, mountain, etc.
What theme of geography is associated with this statement:
West Africa is a highly populated part of Africa, and occupies the area around several important river valleys.
Region
What was one positive effect of the Aswan High Dam?
Controlled flooding, created a reservoir of water
What is one difference between Ice Caps and Tundra?
Many possible answers