Africa Test

This is a dry and semiarid land that act as a transition zone between desert sands and lush savannas.

• Savanna

• Tropical Rainforest

• Sahara

• Sahel

What is the biggest environmental challenge facing the tropical rain forest?

• oil spills

• desertification

• deforestation

• water pollution

Why is the Congo River important?

• Religious ceremonies

• salt production

• healing qualities

• transportation

Desert expansion into what used to be farmland. The effect is often hunger.

• deforestation

• desertification

• oasis

• no man's land

* Found along the coast of East Africa

* Culture began from contact with Arab traders and marriage with the local Bantu population.

• Arabs

• Bantu

• Swahili

• Persians

Why are the Swahili mostly Muslim?

• Contact with Arab traders

• They migrated from Mecca

• They fled from Mansa Musa

• They were betrayed by the Christians

Why is the Bantu ethnic group so important to the study of Africa?

• They discovered gold which changed Africa.

• They married many white Europeans.

• The large migration affected central &southern Africa

• They possessed supernatural powers

How did Arab salt traders affect the religious make-up of North Africa?

• spread Christianity

• spread Islam

• spread Catholicism

• spread Confucianism

A group that shares a common belief system.

• Focus Group

• Tribal Group

• Religious group

• Ethnic group

A group that has a shared language, culture, and ideas.

• Religious group

• Ethnic group

• business group

• Focus Group