Africa: Where People Live and Work

Which phrase best describes the Sahara region?

• Hot, dry desert

• rolling grassland

• tropical rainforest

• scattered grassland and scrub brush

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 on the edge of the dessert

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

What is the most common way people make a living in the Sahel?

• logging

• fishing and shipbuilding

• caravan trade in gold and salt

• herding and subsistence farming

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

• civil war

• desertification

• overpopulation

• wealthy loggers

How large is the region known as the African Sahel?

• The Sahel is found along the Mediterranean coast.

• The Sahel makes up the southern half of the country.

• The Sahel is found just along the west coast of the continent.

• The region extends from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean just south of the Sahara Desert.

Which phrase best describes the savanna?

• a semi-arid region just south of the Sahara Desert

• an area of harsh desert in the north of the continent

• grasslands making up half of the African continent

• an area of fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast

Which is found on the African savanna?

• a heavy jungle canopy

• a wide variety of animals

• dry areas with just an occasional oasis

• lots of commercial logging businesses

Which phrase BEST describes the rainforest?

• hot and dry desert

• semi-arid farmland

• rolling grassy plains

• humid and warm with thick vegetation

How does the African rainforest rank in the world in terms of size?

• the largest in the world

• the second largest in the world

• one of the smallest in the world

• large but not in comparison with most others in the world