1. sahel 1. What are the names of the two tribes that live in the Sahel? Describe some of the customs for each tribe. Fulani and Dagon are the two tribes in the Sahel. The customs for the Fulani are that true Fulani displays palaaku a mixture of these three values. Celebrated in oral literature, Palaaka is put into action in a male initiation ceremony in which young men beat each other with walking sticks. Also there is no pain allowed. Palaaku also comes into play when a brides father transfers one of his cattle to the groom. Only then is the marriage official. Dagon customs are that at age 12, male Dagons are circumcised and become eligible to dance in religious rituals. Fulani and Dagon are the two tribes in the Sahel. The customs for the Fulani are that true Fulani displays palaaku a mixture of these three values. Celebrated in oral literature, Palaaka is put into action in a male initiation ceremony in which young men beat each other with walking sticks. Also there is no pain allowed. Palaaku also comes into play when a brides father transfers one of his cattle to the groom. Only then is the marriage official. Dagon customs are that at age 12, male Dagons are circumcised and become eligible to dance in religious rituals.

2. Sahel food 2. List and describe a meal they eat? Both Falani and dagon eat elephants, giraffes, cattle, sheep, and goats as well as vegetation like the jujube fruit, grewia bicolor fruit,

3. Sahel animals 3. List and describe four animals that live in the Sahel. The animals that live in the Sahel are the Zebu, the zebu eat vegetation and meat, Giraffe eat vegetation like grass, wart hog, a wart hog eats grass and any other vegetation, Senegal gerbil, a Senegal gerbil eats crops roots seeds and general vegetation..

4. . 4. The Sahel is in nine countries, list them Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan

5. Destroyed sahel 5. How much of the Sahel has been destroyed since the 1970's? Why ? 30% of sahel has been destroyed. It has happened because of cutting down trees for fire wood or new grazing lands and then the soil begins to erode

6. Climate 6. What is the climate like in the Sahel? the climate of the sahel is semi arid 6. What is the climate like in the Sahel? the climate of the sahel is semi arid

7. Temperature and climate 7. What is the average temperature in the Sahel? Average rainfall?the average tempeture is 73+5 to 87 degrese and the average rainfall is2.96 to 28.56 inches of rainfall 7. What is the average temperature in the Sahel? Average rainfall?the average tempeture is 73+5 to 87 degrese and the average rainfall is2.96 to 28.56 inches of rainfall

8. Bodies of water 8. What bodies of water are located in the Sahel? Niger river, Sengal, gambit and the nile and lake chad 8. What bodies of water are located in the Sahel? Niger river, Sengal, gambit and the nile and lake chad

9. Features 9. What is the Sahel's most distinctive feature ? the flat barring plains, the sandy scrubby land stretches 2,400 miles across Africa.

10. Vegetation. List and describe four types of vegetation?.. The first type of vegetation is the boabob tree. It is one of the largest trees in the world with trunks that are 50 ft wide. The second type of vegetation is the jujube fruit. The jujube fruit is a drought resitant and found throughout the sahel in some parts this tree is used to make living fences that provide food for farmers and there animals. The third type of vegetation is the grewie bicolor fruit. It is eaten fresh or sun driyed and is often turned into juice forallchole. Its hard durable wood is suited for construction and. List and describe four types of vegetation?.. The first type of vegetation is the boabob tree. It is one of the largest trees in the world with trunks that are 50 ft wide. The second type of vegetation is the jujube fruit. The jujube fruit is a drought resitant and found throughout the sahel in some parts this tree is used to make living fences that provide food for farmers and there animals. The third type of vegetation is the grewie bicolor fruit. It is eaten fresh or sun driyed and is often turned into juice forallchole. Its hard durable wood is suited for construction and

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