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STUDY GUIDE FOR UNIT 7AFRICA
1. What desert is the Sahel located south of?________________________________________
2. What is a savanna region?_____________________________________________________
3. What is the biggest threat to the African rainforests today?___________________________
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4. What ocean does the Congo River connect to?_____________________________________
5. What is the largest lake in Africa?_________________________________________________
6. Where is Kenya located in Africa?________________________________________________
7. What is wrong with the water from the Nile River?___________________________________
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8. What animal is used to travel across the desert?_____________________________________
9. Which African country has the highest literacy rate?__________________________________
10. Why do some governments ignore industrial pollution of major rivers and waterways?______
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11. What could lead to “water wars” in Africa in the future?_______________________________
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12. What has destroyed the grassland in the Sahel?______________________________________
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13. Define deforestation. ____________________________________________________________
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14. What religion did the Arabs bring with them to Africa?__________________________________
15. What goods did Arabs carry across the Sahara Desert?__________________________________
16. What country do the Ashanti people live?____________________________________________
17. What is the Golden Stool?_________________________________________________________
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18. What two cultures make up Swahili?________________________________________________
19. How many people make up the Bantu culture?________________________________________
20. What would happen if Africa began to accept or purchase grain for its water stressed countries?
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21. What is happening to the animals in the rainforest due to deforestation?___________________
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22. What is the Animism religion?_____________________________________________________
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23. What is known about South Africa’s Ethnic groups?____________________________________
24. The tribal groups in South Africa probably have ties to which ethnic group?_________________
25. Where do the Tuareg live?________________________________________________________
26. Define subsistence farming._______________________________________________________
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27. What is the name of the children of Nayme?__________________________________________
28. Define oasis.____________________________________________________________________
29. What geographic region does the Niger River provide water for?__________________________
30. What is the deepest African lake?__________________________________________________
31. Which central African country (that we have studied) has a border on the Atlantic Coast?
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32. List the three layers of the rainforest and the animals that you would find in each layer.
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Be able to locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain
forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and
Kalahari Desert.
Be able to locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Democratic Republic of
the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan.