Geography of Central and Southern Africa The Congo, Zimbabwe, and South Africa

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Where is the African rainforest? Terms and People Rain forest is a moist is and densely wooded area. To migrate means A migrant worker is a ethnic groups are A compound is a

In the center of Africa is the Congo Basin. A basin is a place in which all the water flows down toward a center. The Congo Basin is a wet is a densely forested area. Travel in the Congo Basin is difficult even today. Civilizations developed late here.

Nigeria Ethiopia The Lakes South Africa The Sahara Desert has almost no population. The Congo Basin has a low population.

Examine this chart. What two factors does it compare? Many nations of Central and Southern Africa are the worst places to live in the world. However, several of these nations are better off, but still below the world average.

Health problems other than life-expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Central and Southern Africa are also among the worst areas in the world for crime.

Zaire- Congo Angola Rhodesia- Zimbabwe Civil War 1.5 million dead Civil War 3.5 million dead Mozambique Civil Wars and rebellions Zambia Botswana Namibia South Africa Ethnic cleansing & Destroyed economy

What landform divides Africa into two major ethnic regions? The Niger River The Sahara Desert The rainforest The Nile Delta Who lives to the north of the Sahara Desert? Arabs and Berbers What great religious change began 500 years ago and is still occurring in Africa? Islam is driving out animism. Animism is driving out Christianity. Christianity is driving out Islam. Animism is driving out Buddhism. Which religion believes that trees is a rocks is a and bodies of water have spirits of their own? Animism What is the name of the geographical feature in which water flows downward and inward? A rift valley A basin A delta A savannah

What is the name of the geographical feature in which the Earth’s plates pull away from each other? A rift valley A mountain A volcano A savannah What large land feature makes living and travel difficult in central Africa? The Great Rift Valley The Congo Basin The Nile Delta The Great African Savannah Around what geographical feature did most of Sub-Saharan Africa’s early civilizations develop ? The Niger River The Sahara Desert The Great Rift Valley The central rainforests