1. AFRICA GEOGRAPHY UNIT 1 REVIEW

2. What is the spread of deserts called? Desertification

3. What is significant about the Nile River? Longest river in the world/flows north

4. What country is this? SOUTH AFRICA

5. In what country are the Ashanti people found? Ghana

6. Where does a majority of African wildlife live in Africa? The Savanna

7. What lake is this? LAKE VICTORIA

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

9. What ethnic group is found in Central and Southern Africa? Bantu

10. What River is this? CONGO RIVER

11. In what country did the Bantus come from? Nigeria

12. What is a drought? A lack of rainfall for an extended period of time

13. What desert is found in Southern Africa? Kalahari Desert

14. What country is this? KENYA

15. What religion was brought to Africa from the Middle East? Islam

16. What is the deepest lake in Africa? Lake Tanganyika

17. What is the largest country in Africa? Algeria

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

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

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

21. What is the world’s longest river? Nile River

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

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

24. WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? NIGERIA

25. Why is the rainforest shrinking? Deforestation

26. What is the largest desert in the world? Sahara Desert

27. What country is this? KENYA

28. What group of people first started clearing large areas of the rainforest? Europeans

29. What is a major problem with the Nile River today? Pollution

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

31. 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

32. What desert in Africa is about the same size as the United States? The Sahara

33. What country is this? SUDAN

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

35. What is the biggest threat to the savanna? The increasing number of people in the region

36. What country is this? EGYPT

37. Where do most people in Egypt live? Along the Nile River

38. What items were traded across the Sahara by caravan? Salt and Gold

39. What country is this? EGYPT

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

41. What language to Arabs speak? Arabic

42. What country is this? SOUTH AFRICA

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

44. Swahili is a mixture of which two languages? Arabic and Bantu

45. What lake is this? LAKE VICTORIA

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

47. In the Sahel, what is leading to desertification? Overgrazing by animals

48. What mountains are these? ATLAS MOUNTAINS

49. Why can ships not go to far upstream on African rivers? Escarpments or Cataracts

50. Where are Arabs mainly found? Northern Africa and the Middle East

51. What country is this? SUDAN

52. What country in Africa is losing its rainforest the fastest today due to its huge population? Nigeria

53. People in Egypt use chemical fertilizers to help them grow crops. What is a negative effect of these fertilizers for the soil? Salt buildup

54. What Region is this? THE SAHEL

55. What is silt? Rich soil carried into an area by rivers/flooding

56. Due to poor farmland in the Sahel, where are most people choosing to move? Into cities

57. What River is this? NILE RIVER

58. 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 Bantu and Swahili cultures C. The mixing of the Ashanti and Arabic cultures D. The mixing of the Bantu and Ashanti cultures A

59. What ethnic group is found in East Africa, especially Kenya? Swahili

60. What lake is this? LAKE TANGANYIKA

61. What does the word “Swahili” mean? One who lives on the coast

62. What is the largest lake in Africa? Lake Victoria

63. What lake is this? LAKE TANGANYIKA

64. Which geographical area can be found along most of Africa’s equator? Tropical Rainforest

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

66. What Region is this? THE SAHARA DESERT

67. 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

68. The Sahara divides Africa into two regions. What are these two regions? Northern Africa and Sub- Saharan Africa

69. What River is this? NIGER RIVER

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

71. Which body of water does the Nile River flow into? The Mediterranean Sea

72. What River is this? CONGO RIVER

73. What is a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau that is usually formed by erosion? Escarpment

74. What landform separates Morocco from the Sahara desert? Atlas Mountains

75. What is a small place where trees are able to grow and where people can live with grazing animals and a few crops? Oasis

76. What desert is this? THE KALAHARI DESERT

77. What ethnic group believes that the safety of their nation depends on the Golden Stool? Ashanti

78. The Bantu’s and Ashanti’s have what in common with their religions? They are mixed Christian, Muslim and Animist

79. What River is this? NILE RIVER

80. Describe rainfall in the Sahel. Varies from year to year – sometimes plenty, sometimes none

81. What do farmers need to use on their crops if there is no slit or manure? Chemical Fertilizer

82. What River is this? NIGER RIVER

83. Why can factories that pollute the air and water open so easily in Africa? Africans need the jobs first before caring for the environment

84. What is the name of the dam and the river that it blocks in Egypt? Aswan High Dam & the Nile

85. What mountains are these? ATLAS MOUNTAINS

86. Over-farming and over-grazing is harming the soil in this part of Africa (not East, West, North, South)? Sahel

87. What root language is spoken by many Africans in the Central & Southern part of the continent? Bantu