West and Central Africa

What is the expansion of deserts

called?

• deforestation

• desertification

• evaporation

• decimation

Select ALL that are correct: What are two important rivers in the region?

• Niger River

• Lake Chad

• Nile River

• Congo River

What Country is this?

• Angola

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Republic of the Congo

• Gabon

What Country is this?

• Central African Republic

• Cameroon

• Equatorial Guinea

• Nigeria

How did the tsetse fly IMPACT travelers in the tropical rainforest?

• its bite was deadly to humans and animals
• its larvea contaminated drinking water
• its appetite for plants was destroying the environment
• its larvae eats so much food that resources become scarce

National borders have split the territory of many ethnic groups.

• true
• false

What spreads malaria?

• tsetse flies
• giraffes
• mosquitoes
• air pollution 

A semi-dry strip of land in Africa that divided the desert from wetter lands to the south

• Sahara
• Sahel
• Savanna
• Rainforest

When colonizing Africa, European countries practiced a policy of __________, or seizing political and economic control.

• Imperialism
• War
• Non-action
• Colonization

middle portion of West Africa has this type of climate

• Wetland

• Woodland

• Savanna

• Montane