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Geography of Africa Vocabulary

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for a climate with little to no rain?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Semi-arid

2.

What is the transition area between the Sahara and Savanna grasslands called?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Semi-arid

3.

What is the term for land that is good for farming?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Arable land

4.

What is the term for the number of people living in an area?

a)

Population density

b)

Subsistence farming

c)

Climate with little to no rain

d)

Transition area between the Sahara and Savanna grasslands

5.

What is the term for growing enough food to support your family?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Subsistence farming

6.

What is the term for a climate that is dry, but has more rainfall than an arid region?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Semi-arid

d)

Savanna

7.

What is the large desert that covers most of North Africa called?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Sahara

8.

What is the hot, humid forest where it rains all year called?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Tropical rain forest

9.

What is the term for watering crops?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Irrigation

10.

What is the term for a country that is surrounded by land and has no access to large bodies of water?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Landlocked

11.

What is the term for farming food to sell?

a)

Arid

b)

Sahel

c)

Savanna

d)

Commercial farming

12.

What is the term for the contamination of water sources that makes it unusable for drinking, cooking, and other activities?

a)

Water pollution

b)

Over-farming

c)

Overgrazing

d)

Desertification

13.

What is the term for poor farming practices that led to soil exhaustion?

a)

Water pollution

b)

Over-farming

c)

Overgrazing

d)

Desertification

14.

What is the term for excessive grazing of animals that leads to desertification and erosion?

a)

Water pollution

b)

Over-farming

c)

Overgrazing

d)

Desertification

15.

What is the term for the process through which land becomes a desert?

a)

Water pollution

b)

Over-farming

c)

Overgrazing

d)

Desertification

16.

What are the grasslands in Africa called?

a)

savanna

b)

drought

c)

slash and burn farming

d)

deforestation

17.

What is a period of time with no rainfall called?

a)

savanna

b)

drought

c)

slash and burn farming

d)

deforestation

18.

What is a farming method that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest called?

a)

savanna

b)

drought

c)

slash and burn farming

d)

deforestation

19.

What is cutting down all the trees in an area called?

a)

savanna

b)

drought

c)

slash and burn farming

d)

deforestation

20.

What is a group of people that share belief in a god, gods, or no god called?

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

c)

animism

d)

overpopulation

21.

What is a group of people that share a common ancestry, history, and traditions called?

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

c)

animism

d)

overpopulation

22.

What is when there are too many people in an area called?

a)

religious group

b)

ethnic group

c)

animism

d)

overpopulation

23.

What is the process through which topsoil is worn way called?

a)

erosion

b)

desertification

c)

deforestation

d)

slash and burn farming

24.

What is the term for the region of Africa south of the Sahara?

a)

sub-Saharan Africa

b)

nomad

c)

navigable

d)

industry

25.

What is the term for a person who moves from place to place?

a)

sub-Saharan Africa

b)

nomad

c)

navigable

d)

industry

26.

What is the term for a body of water that is easy for ships to navigate?

a)

animism

b)

nomad

c)

navigable

d)

industry

27.

What is the term for the economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories?

a)

animism

b)

nomad

c)

navigable

d)

industry

28.

What is the term for the traditional religion that focuses on spirits and nature?

a)

animism

b)

nomad

c)

navigable

d)

industry