Study Guide for Unit 5 Test

GEOGRAPHY

Locate the following on an Africa Political Map:

Democratic Republic of Congo

Egypt

Kenya

Nigeria

South Africa

Sudan

South Sudan

ENVIRONMENTAL

What threatens clean water supplies in Africa?

Human/animal waste, snails, worms, insect larvae, overpopulation, poor sanitation

Major problems facing people who depend on Nile River for their water.

Contamination with human/industrial waste, overpopulation and poor sanitation

Describe the MAJOR use of the Niger River?

Transportation and agricultures

Be able to give the devastation facts about DEFORESTATION.

Fertile topsoil erodes, people move to the cities, then desertification

Be able to give major causes of DESERTIFICATION.

Overused by grazing animals, overused by farming, wind blows topsoil away, drought, land cleared for logging

And farming

IMPACT OF LOCATION, CLIMATE AND PHYSCAL CHARACTERISTICS ON POPULATION DISTRIBUTION IN AFRICA

Be able to describe the Sahel region of Africa

Strip of dry grassy land; dry semi-arid region slowly turning into desert; relatively flat with a few hills and

Mountains; borders the Sahara; vegetation is sparse an grasses and shrubs unevenly

distributed

What is a NOMAD?

People who wander from place to place on camels looking for food and water

How people make a living in the Sahel?

The follow traditional ways such as herding animals and living semi-nomadic lives

Be able to tell what some African countries are doing to protect the Savanna.

Some countries are setting aside large areas of the Savanna as national parks and game reserves

Be able to tell what a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel.

A consequence of cutting down trees for fuel is desertification.

What did the government of Egypt do to maintain better control of the flood waters of the Nile River?

The Egyptian Government built the High Aswan Dam

What makes camels well adapted to desert travel? (2 reasons)

They have broad(wide) feet and a big hump of fat on it’s back

Where in Africa is the largest rainforest found?

Congo River Basin

Where do most people in Egypt live?

Nile River Valley

DIVERSE CULTURES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AFRICA

Why is it important to know how to speak Arabic for those people who became Muslim?

So those people would be able to read the Quran

Know where are most of the Swahili people are found

Southern Coast of East Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania & Mozambique

Swahili people practice a strict form of which religion

Islam

Be able to give an example of an ETHNIC group.

People who share a common culture like history, language, religion, traditions, beliefs, foods,

common ancestry

What 2 religions are most Africans?

Most Africans are either Muslim or Christian

Be able to explain why the Bantu migration so important?

The Bantu migration was that it covered a large expanse of the African continent and it resulted in 2/3

Of the people in Africa sharing some part of the Bantu culture.

Be able to identify high and low literacy rates on a chart.

REMEMBER: Literacy rate is based on the people who are 15 years or older that can read and write.