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. SOUTH AFRICA
What country is this?

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. A lack of rainfall for an extended period of time
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. KENYA
What country is this?

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. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
What country is this?

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. EXTREME SHORTAGE OF FOOD
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. KENYA
What country is this?

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. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
What country is this?

31. B 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. SUDAN
What country is this?

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. EGYPT
What country is this?

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. EGYPT
What country is this?

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

41. What language to Arabs speak?
Arabic

42. SOUTH AFRICA
What country is this?

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. Escarpments or Cataracts
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. SUDAN
What country is this?

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
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. THE SAHEL
What Region is this?

55. Rich soil carried into an area by rivers/flooding
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. A 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. THE SAHARA DESERT
What Region is this?

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. Northern Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa
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. THE KALAHARI DESERT
What desert is this?

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. Africans need the jobs first before caring for the environment
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