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33a: Sahara, Sahel, savanna, trade and living

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do most people live in the Sahara?

a)

in the Atlas Mountains

b)

near the tropical rainforest

c)

near the Nile River or coast

d)

in the center of the desert

2.

Where do most people live in the Sahel?

a)

near the Nile River or coast

b)

near the savana

c)

near the Congo River or coast

d)

in the center of the Sahel

3.

Where do most people live in the savanna?

a)

near the Nile River, lakes or the coast

b)

near the Sahara

c)

near the Congo River or coast

d)

in the center of the savanna

4.

Where do most people live in the rain forest?

a)

in the Atlas Mountains

b)

near the Sahel

c)

near the Nile River or coast

d)

near the Congo River or coast

5.

Why is it difficult to trade or travel on some of Africa's rivers?

a)

The rivers flow north

b)

The rivers are too shallow

c)

The rivers have cataracts and waterfalls

d)

The rivers travel uphill into the dense mountains

6.

What is a nomad?

a)

A person that lives in the mountains

b)

A person lives in the Kalahari Desert and travels by boat on rivers

c)

A person that lives in the desert near an oasis, they often travel by camel

d)

A person that has no permanent home and travels from place to place looking for food and water

7.

This is a fertile spot in a desert where water is found and there is often plant life.

a)

oasis

b)

lake

c)

river

d)

sink hole

8.

Many people that live in the rain forest work in what industry?

a)

business

b)

medicine

c)

apple farming

d)

logging

9.

Most people living in the Sahel do what type of work?

a)

subsistence farming and nomadic herding

b)

animal poaching and commercial farming

c)

water purification and urban planning

d)

park rangers and fisherman

10.

Many people who live in or around the Sahara work in which type of industry?

a)

tourism

b)

animal poaching

c)

logging

d)

technology