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WorksheetsEnvironmental Issues: Sub Saharan Africa
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
In sub-Saharan Africa, less than 50% of the population has access to safe drinking water because of environmental pollution. How has this shortage of safe drinking water most likely affected development in sub-Saharan Africa?
It has slowed economic growth.
It has increased the size of the Sahara.
It has increased population growth.
It has slowed deforestation of the rainforest.
What effect does poor soil and deforestation have on land in Africa?
Land is excellent for archaeological dig sites.
Land becomes useless for agriculture.
Land becomes part of national park systems.
Land becomes a better place to raise a family.
Which of the following pictures shows one of the results of allowing animals to over-graze the steppe regions of Africa?
Which of the following explains why the population of the Sahara is low?
There is too much oil there.
There is too much water there.
There is a scarcity of oil there.
There is limited access to water there.
If African's living in the Sahel know that their nomadic and semi-nomadic herding lifestyles are causing desertification, why do they keep doing it?
They need to feed their families and it is the only economic opportunity they have.
They are more concerned with becoming wealthy than they are with protecting the environment.
They farm land is so good in the Sahel that they get bored and look for something else to do.
They believe spreading the desert will eventually result in more arable land in the region.
Desertification is CAUSED by
deforestation, drought, and overgrazing
crop rotation, fertilizers, and insecticides.
overpopulation, migration, and decline.
sewage, parasites, and poor sanitation
Irrigation is necessary in many parts of Africa in order to
increase the amount of farmable land.
decrease the need for dams.
increase the amount of clean drinking water.
decrease the need for water treatment plants.
What effect (result) does poor soil and deforestation have on land in Africa?
Land becomes a better place to raise a family.
Land is excellent for archaeological dig sites.
Land becomes part of national park systems.
Land is useless for farming and agriculture.
Due to the unequal distribution of water in Africa, countries without rivers
have more irrigation resources
are less economically developed than others
have less difficulties transporting goods.
rely more on dams for creating lakes
