Africa
Longest river in the world?
Nile River
Process by which an area becomes a desert
desertification
Things that people make
Material culture
#1
#3
South Africa
101 mile long canal that cuts down on shipping time between Europe and Asia (ships don't have to sail around Africa):
Suez Canal
Permanent removal of woodlands:
Deforestation
ideas or beliefs people share; the norms, morals, values of society; how society functions
nonmaterial culture
#4
Algeria
#11
Morrocco
Tallest mountain in Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro
condition of the bottom layer of the earth's atmosphere in one place over a short period of time
weather
a repetitive act of a group, becomes a characteristic of the group- used to explain a specific element of culture
custom
#2
Somalia
#19
Kenya
Africa's two major deserts:
Sahara and Kalahari
the term for weather patterns that an area typically experiences over a long period of time
climate
a place where important ideas begin and from which they spread to surrounding cultures
cultural hearth
#20
Zimbabwe
#5
Chad
How many countries are in Africa?
54
Transition area between desert and grassland in Africa:
Sahel
the process by which a cultural element is transmitted & integrated from one group or individual to another
cultural diffusion
#21
Rwanda
#9
Republic of the Congo