33a: Sahara, Sahel, savanna, trade and living

Where do most people live in the Sahara?

• in the Atlas Mountains

• near the tropical rainforest

• near the Nile River or coast

• in the center of the desert

Where do most people live in the Sahel?

• near the Nile River or coast

• near the savana

• near the Congo River or coast

• in the center of the Sahel

Where do most people live in the savanna?

• near the Nile River, lakes or the coast

• near the Sahara

• near the Congo River or coast

• in the center of the savanna

Where do most people live in the rain forest?

• in the Atlas Mountains

• near the Sahel

• near the Nile River or coast

• near the Congo River or coast

Why is it difficult to trade or travel on some of Africa's rivers?

• The rivers flow north

• The rivers are too shallow

• The rivers have cataracts and waterfalls

• The rivers travel uphill into the dense mountains

What is a nomad?

• A person that lives in the mountains

• A person lives in the Kalahari Desert and travels by boat on rivers

• A person that lives in the desert near an oasis, they often travel by camel

• A person that has no permanent home and travels from place to place looking for food and water

This is a fertile spot in a desert where water is found and there is often plant life.

• oasis

• lake

• river

• sink hole

Many people that live in the rain forest work in what industry?

• business

• medicine

• apple farming

• logging

Most people living in the Sahel do what type of work?

• subsistence farming and nomadic herding

• animal poaching and commercial farming

• water purification and urban planning

• park rangers and fisherman

Many people who live in or around the Sahara work in which type of industry?

• tourism

• animal poaching

• logging

• technology