AFRICA: SS7G1, SS7G2

1. Why are most rainforest areas lost today?

• Unchecked forest fires

• harsh drought and high winds

• diseases that attack old growth trees

• logging for industry

This is the largest lake in Africa.

• Lake Tanganyika

• Lake Nile

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Kalahari

Which African country is losing its rain-forest most rapidly?

• Egypt

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kenya

• Nigeria

In what area is desertification problems the greatest?

• Sahel

• Sahara Desert

• Kalahari Desert

• tropical rainforest

What is a nomad?

• plantation owners who live along the coast

• industrial workers who live in African cities

• One who wanders from place to place to find food and water

• those who live and farm in the villages of the edge of the desert

Which phrase best describes the Sahara region?

• hot, dry desert

• rolling grassland

• tropical rainforest

• scattered grassland and scrub brush

What has been the most reliable way to get across the Sahara over the centuries?

• horse

• camel

• wagon

• elephant

What is the name for a desert area that gets some rainfall or where there is a spring or pond of water?

• oasis

• mirage

• nomad

• savanna

Which phrase best describes the Sahel?

• an area that borders the desert

• rolling grasslands and low hills

• a desert made up of high sand dunes

• cleared land that was once rainforest

Why is farming so difficult in the Sahel?

• No rain falls in the Sahel at all

• thick grass makes farming difficult

• rainfall can vary widely from year to year

• farm animals in the Sahel eat up all the crops.