1. How big is the Sahara? What percentage of Africa does it cover? The Sahara is 3.3 million square miles. It covers 25% of Africa.

2. What is the name of the tribe in the Sahara? Describe some of their customs.  Tuarag is the name of the tribe that lives in the Sahara. Their customs are they trade lots of goods.

3. List and describe a meal that they eat.  They eat different kinds of meat and milk products.

4. List and briefly describe 4 animals that live in the Sahara.  The fennec fox, scorpions, camels, and giraffes live in the Sahara. The camels can survive 17 days without water. The fennec fox is about the size of a cat. Scorpions have 30 different variaties. Giraffes have long necks to get food up on high places.

5. Why is an oasis important? The oasis has internet cafés. The oasis has internet cafés.

6. List and describe three topographical features in the Sahara. Mountains of sand, rocky streams, and seas of sand are topographical features in the Sahara.

7. What is the average temperature? The average temperature is over 100 degrees.

8. Where and when was the highest temperature recorded? What was it? 136 degrees in El Aziza, Libya on September 13,1922 136 degrees in El Aziza, Libya on September 13,1922

9. How much rainfall does the Sahara receive each year?  The Sahara gets 4 inches of rain a year.

10. The Sahara engulfs or touches 11 countries. List them.  Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

11. What is the climate like in the Sahara.  It is hot in the evenings of the days, but it is cold in the night.