1. AFRICA GEOGRAPHY UNIT 1 REVIEW

2. Along the Nile River

3. What country is this? SOUTH AFRICA

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

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

6. People are cutting the trees down for $$, farming, etc.

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

8. What country is this? SUDAN

9. Arabic and Traditional African languages

10. Which concept relates to religion rather than ethnicity? a. Kimba is Ashanti. b. Mustafa follows the Quran. c. Kemal is a nomadic herder. d. Jambo speaks Swahili. B

11. What country is this? EGYPT

12. Name the mixed ethnic group, who mostly live in North Africa and the Middle East. ARABS

13. The Savanna

14. What lake is this? LAKE VICTORIA

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

16. What River is this? CONGO RIVER

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

18. Sudan

19. What River is this? NILE RIVER

20. Which statement BEST describes the result of fertile soil along the Niger River? A. East Africa is the population center of Africa. B. South Africa is the population center of Africa. C. North Africa is the population center of Africa. D. West Africa is the population center of Africa. D

21. What country is this? SOUTH AFRICA

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

23. What country is this? KENYA

24. Pollutes the water

25. What River is this? NIGER RIVER

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

27. What lake is this? LAKE TANGANYIKA

28. The increasing number of people in the region and animals eating the grasses

29. The development of the Swahili language was a direct result of A. The mixing of the African and Arabic cultures B. The mixing of the African and Swahili cultures C. The mixing of the African and Arabic cultures D. The mixing of the African and Ashanti cultures A

30. Longest river in the world

31. WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? NIGERIA

32. Sahara Desert

33. The Savanna

34. What desert is this? THE KALAHARI DESERT

35. Tropical Rainforest

36. What River is this? CONGO RIVER

37. What lake is this? LAKE TANGANYIKA

38. What Region is this? THE SAHARA DESERT

39. Oasis

40. What mountains are these? ATLAS MOUNTAINS

41. Ashanti

42. What Region is this? THE SAHEL

43. Northern Africa and Sub- Saharan Africa

44. What River is this? NIGER RIVER

45. The Mediterranean Sea

46. Desertification

47. Overgrazing by animals

48. Northern Africa and the Middle East

49. Bantu

50. A lack of rainfall for an extended period of time

51. Rich soil carried into an area by rivers/flooding

52. Lake Tanganyika

53. Into cities

54. Swahili

55. Deforestation

56. Lake Victoria

57. Pollution

58. Desertification and Soil Erosion

59. Kalahari Desert

60. Nile River

61. Ghana

62. Central & Southern Africa

63. Islam

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

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

66. What country is this? SUDAN

67. Which concept relates to religion rather than ethnicity? a. Kimba is Ashanti. b. Mustafa follows the Quran. c. Kemal is a nomadic herder. d. Jambo speaks Swahili. B

68. What country is this? EGYPT

69. Name the mixed ethnic group, who mostly live in North Africa and the Middle East. ARABS

70. What lake is this? LAKE VICTORIA

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

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

73. Which statement BEST describes the result of fertile soil along the Niger River? A. East Africa is the population center of Africa. B. South Africa is the population center of Africa. C. North Africa is the population center of Africa. D. West Africa is the population center of Africa. D

74. What River is this? NILE RIVER

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

76. What country is this? KENYA

77. What mountains are these? ATLAS MOUNTAINS

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

79. What is the name of this country? Iraq

80. Turkey

81. What is the name of this body of water? Straight of Hormuz

82. What is the name of this country? Iran

83. What is the name of this river? Jordan River

84. Sunni Muslim

85. What is the name of this body of water? Red Sea

86. Polythestic

87. What is the name of this body of water? Arabian Sea

88. What is the name of this river? Euphrates River

89. The development of the Swahili language was a direct result of A. The mixing of traditional African and Arabic cultures B. The mixing of the African and Swahili cultures C. The mixing of the African and Arabic cultures D. The mixing of the African and Ashanti cultures A

90. What is Zionism? The Jewish movement for the Jews to start taking back their Holy Land in Palestine (Israel).

91. What is the name of this body of water? The Mediterranean Sea

92. What is the most dominant ethnic group in the Middle East? Arabs

93. What is the name of this country? Saudi Arabia

94. What is the name of this country? Afghanista n

95. Abraham

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