LocationPhysical Environment EthnicReligion

Question What is the Sahel?

Answer 1 – 10 Semi-arid vegetation zone that borders the Sahara Desert

Question How would you describe the Sahara Desert?

Answer 1 – 20 Largest “hot” desert

Question Which vegetation zone is the largest in Africa?

Answer 1 – 30 Savanna

Question What is the most common way people make a living in the Sahel?

Answer 1 – 40 Herding and subsistence farming

Question The _______ formed as result of tectonic plates shifting.

Answer 1 – 50 Great Rift Valley

Question Where do most of Egypt’s people live?

Answer 2 – 10 The Nile River Valley

Question What is a nomad?

Answer 2 – 20 One who moves about in search of food and water

Question Why did Egypt’s government build the Aswan High Dam?

Answer 2 – 30 To maintain better control of the flood waters

Question What is a major use of the Niger River?

Answer 2 – 40 It is used for transportation and agriculture.

Question Congo River is to the Atlantic Ocean as the Nile River is to:

Answer 2 – 50 Mediterranean Sea

Question Where is the location of most of the desertification in southern Africa?

Answer 3 – 10 Kalahari Desert

Question Which African country is losing its rainforest most rapidly today?

Answer 3 – 20 Nigeria

Question What has been a major cause of desertification?

Answer 3 – 30 Overuse of the land by the people

Question What is a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel?

Answer 3 – 40 desertification

Question Why do some governments ignore industrial pollution of major rivers and waterways?

Answer 3 – 50 They want the industries to be profitable.

Question Where are the majority of the Swahili people found?

Answer 4 – 10 East Africa

Question The Swahili language is a mixture of Bantu and ________.

Answer 4 – 20 Arabic

Question What is an ethnic group?

Answer 4 – 30 People who share a language or traditions

Question Why is the Bantu migration so important in the study of Africa?

Answer 4 – 40 Bantu migration covered a large part of Africa and had the largest amount of influence

Question What does the “Golden Stool” represent for the Ashanti?

Answer 4 – 50 Part of their traditional practices, represents the power of the tribe

Question Why do so many Africans speak Arabic?

Answer 5 – 10 Many practice Islam and need to speak Arabic so they can read the Quran.

Question The Swahili practice a strict form of _______, as well as practice traditional religious practices.

Answer 5 – 20 Islam

Question Most Africans today are either _______ or _______, as well as practice traditional religious practices.

Answer 5 – 30 Christian …… Muslim

Question What religion did the Arabs bring with them to Africa?

Answer 5 – 40 Islam

Question Where are Muslims found in Africa today?

Answer 5 – 50 Throughout Africa