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Africa Unit 1 Test Review (Trashketball)

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  • What country: very wealthy, has 2 independent countries inside, Kalahari Desert nearby
    South Africa
  • What are some of the jobs available in the tropical rainforest?
    commercial agriculture (cash crops), commercial logging,
    subsistence agriculture and mining
    herding and nomadic trading
  • What country: Sahara Desert, Nile River flows into Mediterranean Sea here
    Egypt
  • What does "unequal access to water" mean?
    water is scarce in some regions, plentiful in others
  • What is famine?
    scarcity of food
  • Which part of Africa is MOST negatively affected by deforestation?
    tropical rainforest
  • What are some effects of desertification?
    Higher standard of living and GDP
    Famine and overpopulation of cities
  • Diseases, kills livestock, kills fish or makes them unsafe to eat-cause of effect of water pollution?
    effect
  • Famine-cause or effect of desertification?
    effect
  • How can unequal access to water lead to problems in Africa?
    War and poverty in countries without water
    Famine and drought in countries with water
    More trade and higher GDP for all countries
  • Which part of Africa is MOST negatively affected by desertification?
    Sahel
  • What country: Found in the savanna region, Lake Victoria and Mount Kilimanjaro are nearby
    Kenya
  • What are 2 jobs available in the Sahel?
    subsistence farming and herding
    commercial logging and commercial farming
    commercial farming and herding
  • Who are really the only people you will find in the Sahara?
    nomads
  • What country: Large country directly south of Egypt
    Sudan
  • Which 2 of the 4 African regions has the lowest populations?
    Sahara and Sahel
  • Deforestation and consuming too much water-cause or effect of desertification?
    cause
  • Drought, Overgrazing of livestock-cause or effect of desertification?
    cause
  • What is drought?
    long periods of time without rain
  • What are some of the jobs available in the savanna?
    herding and mining
    nomadic trading and commercial logging
    farming and tourism
  • What are some of the effects of deforestation?
    Increase in oxygen and decrease in carbon dioxide
    desertification and reduced animal habitats
  • What country: found in West Africa, Niger River flows through it
    Nigeria
  • Which 2 of the 4 African regions is best suited for farming?
    savanna and tropical rainforest
  • What are the 2 causes of deforestation in Africa?
    population growth and commercial logging
  • What country: found in the Tropical rainforest, Congo River flows through here
    D.R.C.
  • What are the main causes of water pollution in Africa?
    All of these
    animal/human waste
    industrial waste (chemicals from factories)
    agricultural runoff (fertilizers and pesticides)
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