Africa review

What area is shaded in red?

• Kalahari Desert
• the Nile River Valley
• the Sahara Desert
• South Africa

This area is a strip of dry grassland that is slowly turning into desert.

• the Sahel
• the Nile River
• the Congo River
• the Kalahari Desert

This is the longest river in the world and is located in eastern Africa.

• the Congo
• the Niger
• the Amazon
• the Nile

What country is in orange?

• Ethiopia
• South Africa
• Egypt
• Nigeria

What country is in blue?

• South Africa
• Egypt
• Nigeria
• Sudan

What would BEST account for the lack of population in the southwestern portion of Africa?

• The Sahara Desert

• The Kalahari Desert

• dense tropical rainforests

• repeated volcanic activity

What is the BEST explanation for the population density in the red circled area?

• The region is home to trade, industry, and adequate precipitation.

• The region is dominated by a desert climate.

• The region has suffered civil wars and invasions.

• The region was once the central focus of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Why are the majority of Sub-Saharan African cities located along major rivers and the coast?

• they grew up because of internal tribal wars

• they needed access to bodies of water for trade

• the interior is filled with desert and mountains

• the exterior is filled with desert and mountains

Which African region has been negatively affected by commercial logging, excessive fuel wood consumption, and slash and burn farming techniques?

• the Sahel

• the Sahara

• the savanna

• the rainforest

People in the Democratic Republic of Congo (shown in green) would be MOST affected by which of these?

• tsunamis

• earthquakes

• desert conditions

• rainforest conditions