Africa

Since many African societies value educating a boy more than educating a girl,

• The literacy rate for boys is higher
• The literacy rate for boys and girls is the same
• The literacy rate for girls is higher
• The literacy rate in most African nations is very high

There are limited places in Africa that have enough access to water to support industry. One of the results of this is

• Limited industrial development in Africa
• Over-development of industry in Africa
• African nations struggle with drought conditions
• African nations struggle to protect their rainforests

How does industry hurt African nations?

• Industry causes the GDP to go up
• Industry causes the GDP to go down.
• Water is polluted by industrial run-off
• Lots of people move to areas with factories

The process of the desert expanding into areas that had formerly been farmland is called

• deforestation.
• defarmlandification.
• desertification.
• resanding.

The process of forests being destroyed to make way for human development is called

• desertification.
• detreeing.
• deforestation.
• leveling.

What is a drought?

• Loss in vegetation
• Allowing animal herds to consume all vegetation
• A long period without rainfall
• When fertile soil turns barren

Explain why the population of the Sahara is low

• lack of water
• continual warfare
• too many polar bears living there
• frequent flooding

What effect does poor soil and deforestation have on land in Africa?

• provides more jobs
• increases poverty
• increases food productions
• has ended HIV/AIDS

Which region of Africa is this?

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Savannah

• Rain Forest

What country is highlighted?

• Uganda
• Tanzania
• Congo
• Kenya