1. Review of Africa
11/30/2015

2. Physical Maps of Africa

3. Political Map of Africa

4. Which region do the majority of Africans tend to live in?
The Savannah. Better climate and easier farming land

5. What environmental issues do Africans face?
Water Pollution/Scarcity
Desertification
Deforestation

6. What is deforestation?
The cutting down of mass amounts of timber that is no safe for the environment.

7. What is desertification?
The slow process of which usable land slowly turns to desert.

8. What were the four main ethnic groups of AFrica?
Arab
Ashanti
Bantu
Swahili

9. Location: Arab
North Africa

10. Where did the Arabs migrate from?
The Middle East

11. What religion are most arabs?
Islamic

12. Location: ashanti
WESTERN AFRICA

13. What religion are most ashanti and what symbol has a huge meaning to their people?
Traditional African Religion/ Animism
The Golden Stool

14. Which ethnic group makes up the majority of the African population
Which ethnic group makes up the majority of the African population? And how many sub-ethnic groups are there?
Bantu
Over 600

15. Swahili is a creation of which two ethnic groups mixing?
Arab Traders and Bantu locals

16. What reasons are the literacy rate and education so low in Africa?
African traditions do not put a big importance on education.
Governments cannot afford to invest as heavily on education.
Due to gender roles, females get even worse educations then males.

17. What is Aids?
A disease that affects how your body’s immune system fights off bacteria.
Can be passed through blood/ bodily fluids.

18. How many people worldwide suffer from aids?
34 Million

19. Places like the US have slowed the spread of Aids. Why hasn’t Africa?
The do not have the money to spend on education and prevention
Many governments are unstable, and a lot of focus goes to fixing the government not the Aids epidemic.

20. What is Famine?
Extreme Hunger
Starvation