Unit 5: Sahara, Sahel, Savanna, Rainforest

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 desert

What has been the most reliable way to get across the Sahara over the centuries?

• horse
• camel
• wagon
• railroad

What is the name for a desert area that gets some rainfall or where there is a spring?

• oasis
• Tuarag
• nomad
• savanna

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

Why is farming so difficult in the African 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 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