African Environmental Concerns

Most water crises boil down to two main problems. These are...

• water scarcity and pollution

• pollution and water abundance

• water abundance and flooding

• water scarcity and lack of water

Which of the following issues is not impacting Africa to a large extent?

• Oil spills

• water issues

• deforestation

• desertification

What do many African women and children have to do in order to overcome water scarcity?

• walk miles to collect water

• work in water sanitation facilities

• plant specific crops that produce excess water

• use nets to collect trash out of the water

What is a drought?

• A long period of very little precipitation (rain)

• a long period when many people toss trash into water supplies

• a time period when people chop down more trees than usual

• a desert where there is never any rain

How are industries impacting the water crisis?

• They dump harmful chemicals and contaminants into the water

• They are working to clean up the pollutants

• They are producing new cleaning methods so they have no waste to dump

• They are using the water at an alarming rate

How are individual people impacting the water crisis?

• They dump trash and human waste into the water supply

• They are not impacting the water crisis

• They are producing new cleaning methods so they have no waste to dump

• They are dumping dead bodies into the water supply due to their religious beliefs

Which of the following environmental concerns has lead to dead fish, hurting the fishing industry in Africa?

• Water crisis

• deforestation

• desertification

• Chernobyl

Why do some governments ignore the environmental problems being caused?

• $$$

• because the government is evil

• government officials just care about themselves

• They haven't met the Lorax, yet

Which region of Africa is suffering the most from desertification?

• Sahel

• Savanna

• Rainforest

• Mountains

Which of the following African countries would struggle the most with deforestation?

• Democratic Republic of Congo

• Egypt

• South Africa

• Brazil