AFRICA: Geography, Environmental Issues

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

The planting of 11 million trees to reverse desertification in the Sahel regions of Africa, is known as

• African Agriculture

• Tropical Rainforests

• The Great Green Wall

• African savannas

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

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.

What is a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel?

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• overpopulation

• wealthy loggers