Africa's Geography and Environment Quiz

Contamination of the water, soil, or air by chemicals or waste animals.

• pollution

• Agriculture

• Nomad

• Deforestation

The growing of crops and rearing of animals.

• South Africa

• Agriculture

• Scarcity

• pollution

Someone who does not lead a settled life but moves from place to place, usually seeking pasture for herds of grazing animals.

• desertification

• petroleum

• Nomad

• irrigation

This country touches Lake Victoria and borders Ethiopia and Somalia.

• Egypt

• Lake Victoria

• Sudan

• Kenya

A long period without rain.

• drought

• Scarcity

• Famine

• infrastructure

Wearing away of land or soil by the action of wind, water, or ice.

• famine

• erosion

• desertification

• Agriculture

A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons that is processed into lubricants (grease and oil) and liquid fuels, such as kerosene, heating oil, and gasoline

• petroleum

• gas

• water

• soda

The transformation of land once suitable for agriculture into a desert.

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• Cutting trees down

• irrigation

Providing water to crops through pipes, ditches, or streams.

• famine

• infrastructure

• irrigation

• scarcity

Services and facilities that people need including roads, water sewerage, power plants, etc.

• desertification

• deforestation

• irrigation

• infrastructure