supplied with less than the minimum amount of the nutrients or foods essential for sound health and growth

an extreme scarcity of food

Which places were the most undernourished countries in Africa according to the map we looked at in class?

Which of these are solutions to the farming problems in Africa?

(Mark all that apply)

The Nile rises and falls with the seasons due to the ________Cycle.

The people who live near the Nile benefit by using the water to do which of the following...

________ ___________ is a system that distributes water to farm fields all throughout the year. 

The two main branches of the Nile River are the ________ and _______ rivers.

C is ___________ in the water cycle.

D is ___________ in the water cycle.

When the water vapor rises into the atmosphere it becomes cooler and that process causes the water vapor to turn into tiny water droplets to form clouds.

the stream or streams that make up the beginnings of a river

The __________ is where the two rivers meet to form the Nile.

“_____ ______” of the river is characterized by a wide turn to the south and west

Which two deserts surround the Nile?

The Nile ______ is the richest farmland in Africa and the richest in the world

While the Sahel does get rain, frequent ones of these make it hard to live there

What things make it hard to live in Northern Africa?

(mark all that apply)

1/3 of people living in the desert are

seas of sand with tall sand dunes over 400 ft

tall rock covered flat land

gravel covered plains

An _________ is an island of fresh water in a sea of dry land and rock.

People in the Oasis live in small settlements to avoid issues with

Major Economic Activities in an Oasis are

_______ __________ is practiced in the Sahel which is the practice of starting to graze/plant in one field, stay a little while and then move on to allow the land to renew itself.

any diamond that is mined in areas controlled by forces opposed to the legitimate, internationally recognized government of a country and that is sold to fund military action against that government

Check all the physical features that appear in Africa

The land along the Mediterranean Sea is covered with _____________ plants.

____________ is an important economic activity in Africa.

the farmers are raising just enough food to feed their families