Africa Environmental Issues Flashcard

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To supply water through ditches, pipes, or canals to areas without water for growing crops

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Irrigation

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Poor water quality in Africa

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is mostly a result of sewage and garbage

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Desertification is CAUSED by: deforestation, drought, and overgrazing, crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides, overpopulation, migration, and decline, sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation.

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deforestation, drought, and overgrazing

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Many people in Africa do not have access to safe drinking water because the water is

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infected by parasites and bacteria.

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Slash and burn agriculture is mainly harmful to Africa because it

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causes deforestation in the rainforest.

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Irrigation is necessary in many parts of Africa in order to

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increase the amount of farmable land.

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What effect (result) does poor soil and deforestation have on land in Africa?

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Land is useless for farming and agriculture.

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How has the shortage of safe drinking water affected development in sub-Saharan Africa?

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Slowed economic growth.

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Which of the following are the causes of deforestation in Africa’s tropical rainforest? logging, settlement, agriculture, erosion, poor soil, poor harvests, dams, irrigation, transportation, overpopulation, poor sanitation, parasites

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logging, settlement, agriculture

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Which of the following are effects (results) of deforestation? logging, settlement, agriculture; dams, irrigation, transportation; erosion, poor soil, poor harvests; overpopulation, poor sanitation, parasites

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erosion, poor soil, poor harvests