Year 7 Africa is not a Country

Front

Name a human feature in Africa? (Think city)

Back

Cairo

Front

Name a physical feature in Africa? (Think water)

Back

River Nile

Front

What is a good?

Back

Something of value that can be taken from the biome (that you can touch)

Front

What is a service?

Back

Functions of the biome that satisfy a need (you can’t touch it)

Front

Give one example of a good?

Back

Medicines

Front

Give one example of a service?

Back

Green lungs – trees take in CO2 and give out oxygen, crucial for balancing the atmosphere

Front

Give one historical event which has made some countries poor in Africa

Back

Colonisation:

Colonisers often took the natural resources for themselves, leaving some countries poorer.

Front

Why does the climate make some countries rich and some poor in Africa?

Back

Some countries have a hot and rainy climate which makes it easy to grow crops, which can be sold around the world (e.g. coffee and cocoa).

Others have a very dry climate, so farming is difficult.