Africa Ethnic/Religion/Environment 2

Which is the tallest mountain range in Africa?

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

• Atlas Mountains

• Victorian Mountains

• Kalahari Mountains

Which is the world's longest river that empties into the Mediterranean Sea?

• Victoria River

• Nile River

• Niger River

• Congo River

Sahara Desert is hot, dry and ________________________.

• is in the southernmost part of Africa

• runs along the East coast of Africa

• surrounds Lake Victoria

• dominates northern Africa

Long periods without rainfall (absence of rainfall) cause famine and or death in dry regions of Africa is known as

• deforestations

• drought

• desertification

• semi-arid

The two biggest causes of water scarcity in Africa are?

• droughts and low water levels in the rivers

• water pollution and unequal access to water

• deforestation and farming

• logging and unequal access to water

What agricultural condition threatens the land in Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad and other countries in the Sahel Region?

• Deforestation

• Poor/over farming

• Desertification

• Animals overgrazing

Which is not an effect of Deforestation?

• fewer medicines

• decrease of carbon dioxide

• soil erosion

• extinction of plants and animals

Which one is not true of causes for desertification?

• poor farming practices

• cutting down too many trees

• overgrazing

• planting trees increasing for medicines

Islam is the dominant religion in northern Africa while Christianity is the dominant religion the sub-Saharan Africa True or False?

• True

• False

Arabs and Swahili are similar because?

• they speak the same language

• they are both from north Africa

• they practice the same religion/culture of being Muslim

• they share the same traditions