Ethnic and Religious Groups of Africa

Since the late 1900s, the Sahel region of Africa has faced problems resulting from:

• Increasing desertification

• the lack of rainfall from the monsoons

• the effects of acid rain

• water pollution

What agricultural condition threatens the land in Kenya, Botswana, and Mali?

• smog

• flash floods

• monsoons

• desertification

What is ‘desertification’?

• Spread of a desert area

• Decrease of desert area

• overpopulation of desert area

• preserving desert area

Why is farming so difficult in the Sahel?

• Government programs have moved too many people to the area.

• Little rain falls in the region

• No rain falls in the region

• tall grasses make farming difficult

What resource makes up a large portion of Nigeria’s potential wealth?

• Oil reserves

• Mineral resources

• Timber

• Commercial Agriculture

What is one major problem facing those who depend on the Nile River for their water?

• It’s too shallow for transportation.

• It no longer has fish in it.

• It always dries up during the summer months.

• It is heavily contaminated by human and industrial wastes.

The absence of rainfall is referred to as ____________.

• Monsoon

• Deforestation

• Flooding

• Drought

What is an example of an ethnic group?

• People who share a belief in the same god

• People who like the same food

• People who have the same political values

• People who share language and culture

What is an example of a religious group?

• People who share a belief in the same god

• People who like the same food

• People who have the same political values

• People who share language and culture

The two main religious groups in Africa are:

• Jews and Hindus

• Christians and Jews

• Muslims and Hindus

• Muslims and Christians