Geography Chapter 37 Mr. Fentin
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- This country's ethnic groups include Hausa, Djerma, Fulani, and Tuareg
- Mauritania
- Formerly known as Upper Volta
- Burkina Faso
- The largest coffee crop in Afria comes from what country?
- Cote d' Ivoire
- This West African country was formerly a German colony
- Togo
- Africa's most populous country
- Nigeria
- THis country has one-third of the world's bauxite supply
- Guinea
- Senegal shares one of the most unusual boundaries in the world with this country
- Gambia
- THis country's name means "war chief"
- Ghana
- Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau were colonized by what country?
- Portugal
- This is considered the cradle of West Africa.
- Niger
- Name the three environmental zones of West Africa.
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Dryland
Savanna
Forest - Approximately how many ethnic groups does Nigeria have?
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Four-
Oruba
Ibo
Fulani
Hausa - What are the three primary belief systems found in West Africa?
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Islam
Christianity
Aninism - What is the lingua franca spoken in the Sahel countries of West Africa?
- French-common language
- What West African country lost nearly 90% of its herd animals during the 1970s and early 1980s and why?
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Niger
Because of drought - What are Moors? What country is comprised of two-thirds Moors?
- Moors are Arab-Berber mixture of Muslims found in Mauritania
- What is one staple or main food of West Africa
- Cassava-root plant made into bread that is high in carbohydrates
- What are two of the major characteristics that define this as a region?
- history and culture
- Name four of the great kingdoms found in West Africa
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Mali
Ghana
Sanghai
Benin - What group was known for its expertise in ivory and stone sculptors?
- Sapi (ancestors from Sierra Leone)
- There are no major mountain ranges in West Africa to break up the region's climate patterns
- True
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The southern Sahel is home to what two dreaded pests?
What do these pests carry? -
Tsetse fly-sleeping sickness
Black fly-parasitic warm causing blindness - Of the three regions within West Africa, which one is the most densely populated?
- Forest zone
- What three countries have seen the damaging effects of commerical lumbering?
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COte d'Ivoire
Nigeria
Ghana - Describe the breakdown of the three religions in the region. Where is each religion practiced?
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Muslim-north
Islam-Desert
Christianity-South
Forced to live together by Europeans, the religion has broken into small segments based on the land geography - THis is an agricultural way of life that involves raising livestock and usual includes farming
- Pastoralism
- What two crops are grown in the north because they are resitant to drought?
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Millet
Sorghum - What is a dromedary?
- Camel
- What nomadic group in West Africa spend their lavies moving from place to place in search of water and grazing lands?
- Islamic herders
- In this group, the faces of women are not veiled, but those of men are veiled.
- Tuareg
- What happens when a poor country focuses on growing cash crops for export?
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Economics are dependent on the global market.
Country must import from developed countries. - Of the fifteen countries of the region, which is the poorest according to the per capita GDP? The richest?
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Poorest countries-Chad and Guinea
Richest countries-Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire - The literacy rate in lowest in what country?
- Mali
- What percentage of Niger's land is arable?
- 3.94% or less than 4%
- What country has over 200 ethnic groups and more than 100 local languages spoken?
- Nigeria
- The Portuguese brought African slaves to this country in the 1460s
- Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde
- What is unusual about Liberia and Sierra Leone?
- Both countries were founded as settlements for freed slaves
- Of the West African countries, which has some of the largest oil reserves in the world?
- Nigeria
- What is columbite and what percent of the world's supply does Nigeria have?
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metal used to harden stainless steel
Nigeria has 50% of the world's supply - Timbutktu, the ancient trading city is in what West African country?
- Mali