1. 2nd 9 Weeks REVIEW

2. In the Sahel, overgrazing and drought have resulted in a decrease in the grassland region. What is this process called?
DESERTIFICATION

3. How is Malaria spread?
Mosquitoes

4. Political Independence from the
During the 1950’s and 1960’s most African countries experienced what??
Political Independence from the
European Powers

5. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
What country is this?

6. Explain why the population of the Sahara is low.
LIMITED ACCESS TO WATER

7. SUDAN
What country is this?

8. civil wars, corrupt governments, economic instability
What problems did the colonization or Africa lead to?
civil wars, corrupt governments, economic instability

9. EGYPT
What country is this?

10. _____________has infected more than 30,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa?
HIV/AIDS

11. What lake is this?
LAKE VICTORIA

12. Name the vast, dry area that stretches across North Africa.
SAHARA DESERT

13. What River is this?
CONGO RIVER

14. Name the region of short grasses bordering the Sahara where desertification is a problem.
The Sahel

15. Why did Europeans build empires in Africa?
Europeans wanted the natural resources found there, and to expand their empires.

16. What River is this?
NILE RIVER

17. SOUTH AFRICA
What country is this?

18. EXTREME SHORTAGE OF FOOD
Some regions in Africa battle with widespread famine. What is famine?
EXTREME SHORTAGE OF FOOD

19. KENYA
What country is this?

20. What River is this?
NIGER RIVER

21. Europe, Africa, Americas
Name the 3 regions that were involved in the Triangle Slave Trade.
Europe, Africa, Americas

22. What is a person(s) called that has to flee their home for safety called?
REFUGEE

23. What is the reason for the many different languages found in Africa?
Because there are many ethnic groups that each speak their own language

24. Who were the first slave traders in Africa?
The Portuguese

25. The war between the Hutu and the Tutsi can best be described as what type of conflict?
An Ethnic Conflict.

26. Who was the president who helped bring an end to apartheid in South Africa
Frederick W. De Klerk

27. Movement that stressed all black Africans must see themselves as one people
Pan-Africanism

28. What is the disease that is spread by mosquitoes and is quickly becoming one of the leading causes of death on the African continent.
Malaria

29. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries European powers raced to colonize the African continent, this became known as…..
“Scramble for Africa”

30. What rights were removed under Apartheid?
Race Mixing
Free Travel
Voting
Free Speech

31. What environmental change is threatening the way of live in West Africa?
Desertification

32. Which African country had Apartheid?
South Africa

33. The preplanned murder of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group is known as what?
Genocide

34. African National Congress
Mandela was president of what organization that worked to end Apartheid?
The ANC or
African National Congress

35. What did the African nationalist movement fight for?
INDEPENDENCE

36. What is the best way to stop or fight deforestation?
Plant more trees

37. What two factors resulted in a very small population growth in South Africa
Poverty and Famine

38. The word Apartheid comes from what language?
Afrikaans

39. Education and Prevention.
When it comes to preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, what would be the most helpful?
Education and Prevention.

40. What mountains are these?
ATLAS MOUNTAINS

41. The develop of the Swahili language was the result of the mixing of which two cultures? Bantu and Arabic

42. Political Independence
What did most African countries experience during the 1950s and 1960s?
Political Independence

43. The ______________ is the longest and most important river in West Africa.
NIGER

44. What lake is this?
LAKE TANGANYIKA