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.