Geography of Africa #2

15 Which ethnic group is described below: ◦South of the Sahara to central and southern parts of Africa, Bantu, Islam, Animists, Christianity

16 Which ethnic group is described below: ◦East coast of Africa, Swahili, Islam/traditional, mixture of Bantu and Arabic

17 Which ethnic group is described below: ◦North Africa/Sahel/east coast, Arabic, Islam

Question 18 What are some of the environmental problems/concerns in Africa?

19 Some _________ignore industrial pollution of rivers and waterways as long as the industry is profitable.

20 Below are some ways __________are dealing with ___________ problems. *Nigeria created the Federal Environmental Protection Agency *Govt. created laws regulating the flow of oil tankers *National parks, planting trees

21 *___________share similar cultures, traditions and languages *____________share a common religion and beliefs

22 Which river is described below: * runs through Nigeria, west coast of Africa, mouth located at Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Guinea-used for transportation and agriculture

23 Which river is described below: ◦runs through Sudan and Egypt, runs north from Lake Victoria, mouth located at Mediterranean Sea. Polluted by human and industrial waste

24 Which river is described below: ◦runs through Dem. Rep. of the Congo, central Africa, mouth located at Atlantic Ocean- largest rainforest in Africa found here.

25 ___________among countries that share a ______system may lead to “water wars” in the future.

26 Most people live along the _________in Egypt.

27 *The migration of which ethnic group covered a large expanse of the continent and as a result over 60 million people share the language? They brought with them new skills that changed the economic, social, and political practices in their new homes.

28 What natural resource is important to Nigeria and a major portion of the country’s potential wealth?

Be familiar with how literacy rate affects the standard of living in Africa. (*Hint: the more people that can read, the higher the standard of living). Be able to locate Africa’s major rivers and countries listed on Unit 5 Standards *Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, Tropical Rain Forest, Congo, Nile, and Niger Rivers, Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika, Atlas Mnts., Kalahari Desert, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan.