Africa Environmental Issues

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What should Africa do to capitalize on its natural resources given the challenges of drought, disease, and insects threatening its crops?

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Develop irrigation techniques and disease-resistant crops.

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In which area would you be least likely to find a major city? Savanna, Kalahari Desert, Tropical Rainforest, Mediterranean

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Kalahari Desert

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The long-term result of drought and desertification in Sub-Saharan Africa is most likely...

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famine.

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Which is an effect of deforestation? Options: increase in agricultural products, increase in soil erosion due to a decrease in roots and nutrients, increase in soil erosion due to an increase in roots and nutrients, increase in animal species due to the land clearing

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increase in soil erosion due to a decrease in roots and nutrients

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Identify the best explanation for Africa's modern deforestation problems: To provide fuel/heat for families and make room for farming, Insects and agricultural disease has plagued the continent for years, To build industrial factories, To expand cattle ranching

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To provide fuel/heat for families and make room for farming

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People in southern Africa would be Most affected by

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desertification near the Kalahari Desert

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Why is there a very low population density in the northern region of Africa?

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it is dominated by desert

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What is a long period without rain?

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drought

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What is the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert?

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desertification

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How much money do most African homes survive on with little access to water?

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$2 per day