Chapter 35 Geography Mr. Fentin
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- What parts of Africa have a Mediterranean climate?
- northern part of Africa along the Mediterranean Sea
- What are the only mountains in Africa that compare to the mighty ranges of other continents?
- Atlas Mountains north of the Sahara Desert
- What were three of the cash crops that the Europeans grew on plantations?
- coffee, cotton, cacao, palm products, and peanuts
- Approximately how many countries are there in Africa?
- over 50...actually there are 54 countries
- What is the disease carried by the tsetse fly that attacks people and cattle?
- sleeping sickness
- Africa's oil deposits are found in the greatest amounts in what three countries?
- Libya, Nigeria and Algeria
- How many miles does Africa stretch from North to South?
- 5000 miles
- This is a steep slope cappled by a nearly flat plateau
- escarpment
- In many African cultures, a man's wealth is meaured by how many ____ he has.
- Cattle
- What percentage of the global adult population with AIDS is in Africa?
- 60%
- Name the group in Africa that are short in stature, unique blood type and yellow-brown skin.
- San (Bushmen)
- How would you describe the population density of Cairo?
- The population density of Cairo is very high with 200 people living in a square kilometer
- Name Africa's four great rivers.
- Nile, Niger, Zambezi, and Orange Rivers
- Name two diseases that are a constant threat to Africa
- Malaria and tuberculosis
- In terms of area, where does Africa rank in size compared with other continents
- Second largest continent in the world
- What two AFrican countries were not under the rule on one European country or another by 1900?
- Liberia and Ethiopia
- Name this most famous ancient trading center in the dry savanna region.
- Timbuktu
- When did the Europeans first arrive in Africa?
- fifteenth century
- Name two other deserts in Africa other than the Sahara
- Namib and Libyan Deserts
- Most people in Northern Africa speak what language?
- Arabic
- Approximately how many days of rain does the climate region closest to the African equator receive?
- 200 days
- What does Africa have little of compared with areas of the world of similar size?
- fertile land
- After WWII what was the first African county to achieve independence?
- Libya
- As a result of its current populatin growth, Africa is becoming a continent of what?
- a continent of children
- Besides gold and copper, name four other minerals that are important in Africa
- chronium, manganese, uranium, cobalt
- Carthage is found in what modern African nation?
- Tunisia
- Describe the location of the amin slave-trading ports
- stretches from the southern eduge of Mauritania to the northern edge of the Namib Desert whereever there was a harbor along with a river or trail leading inland.
- For whom was Lake Victoria named?
- After the British Queen Victoria
- Describe the location of the Nile River
- Nile is longest river in world fromed by the joining of the Whte and BluNies. Thesource of the Blue River is in the highlands of Ethiopia and the source of the White Nile was in the tributaries of Lake Victoria in East Africa. These two rivers meet in Khartoum, Sudan to form the Nile River
- Describe the population density int he central parts of the rain forest
- Very few people live in the rain forest, so the population density is very low
- In what country would you find the Serengeti Plain?
- Tanzania
- Mozambique and Madagascar are separated by what body of water?
- Mozambique Channel
- Much of the soil in dry regions has too much what to be agriculturally productive?
- salt or lime
- Name two diseases that are in Africa
- AIDS and sleeping sickness carried by the tsetse fly
- The Kingdom of Kush can be found in present day
- Sudan
- This ancient city began as a village of ironworkers during the 3rd century
- Great Zimbabwe
- In which climate region is hunting and gathering an economic activity?
- Humid Tropical
- This area near the southern edge of the Sahara sometimes experiences years of drought. What is it called?
- Sahel
- This city was a center of leaerning and culture before the Roman Empire
- Alexandria
- This river begins in a plateau edge called the Drakensberg Escarpment
- Orange River
- African has modern cities with skyscrapers and superhighways? True or False
- True ex: Nairobi, Kenya
- What climate regions have the lowest population density?
-
Humid Tropical
Desert - What are the major landforms in Africa?
- high plateaus and wide plains with few major mountain ranges
- What are the two deep troughs called that are found in the highlands of east Africa?
- rift valleys
- What climate region in Africa would you find near the equator?
- humid tropical
- What country in Africa has the most metropolitan areas with more than 2 million inhabitants?
- South Africa
- What did many Africans keep instead of written records
- oral histories
- What is the name of the African American sea captain that before he was fifteen sailed around the world with his uncle?
- Captain Harry Dean
- What is the name of the author of the poem, Souffles?
- Birago Diop
- What is the primary country in Africa dominated by highland climates?
- Ethiopia
- What is the tradtional belif in nature and spiritual beings called?
- animism
- What South African city is about as close to the equator as San Antonio, Texas?
- Durban
- What two natural events occur along the rift valleys?
- Volcanoes and ????
- What was the name of the explorer that traveled to West Africa exploring the upper parts of the Niger River?
- Mungo Park
- When European redrew the map of Africa, they did not take into consideration what three important things?
-
Africa's landforms
climate regions
cultures - Which West African Kingdom existed from about 1350-1600?
- Songhai
- With what were African coastal leaders paid for their help in securing slaves?
- European manufactured goods, particularly guns