Greer's West African Quiz

Identify the steps to desertification.

• animals overgraze

  people cut wood

  no plant roots to hold soil

• winds blow the soil away

  animals overgraze

  people cut wood

  no plant roots to hold soil

• animals overgraze

  people cut wood

  no plant roots to hold soil

  the wind blows soil away

• no plants to hold soil

  animals overgraze

  people cut wood

  the wind blows soil away

Which statement about the Niger River is FALSE?

• The Niger River flows for 2600 miles.

• begins in the mountains near the Atlantic Ocean.

• The Niger River empties into the Gulf of Guinea.

• The Niger River is in Egypt.

The area that splits the desert and grassy savannahs. 

• Sahel
• Niger River
• Great Rift Valley
• Sub Sahara

The main trade item mined in the Sahara

• salt

• ivory

• gold

• food

The most important West African city, for trade and education, was

• Timbuktu
• Cairo
• Gao
• Rome

Who was Mansa Musa?

• First Emperor of Songhai
• Moroccan Muslim Traveler
• Greatest Ruler of Mali
• Griot

How might Africa's varied geographical features bring about the development of diverse cultures?

• It doesn't 
• People need to adapt to their environment 
• People can't get to each other so they do what they want 
• People don't care about each other so they do what they want

Which river is the arrow identifying?

• Niger River

• Congo River

• Nile River

• West African River

What is the country on the map highlighted in RED?

• Morocco

• Mauritania

• Mali

• Nigeria

What is the country on the map highlighted in RED?

• Morocco

• Mauritania

• Mali

• Nigeria