Africa’s Geography Review

  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the Sahara.
  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the Sahel.
  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the savanna.
  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the tropical rain forest.
  1. How does living in the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, or tropical rain forest affect what type of work you do?
  1. What is water pollution? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of water pollution? What is a possible solution? What is happening to the Niger River Delta?
  1. What is desertification? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of desertification? What is a possible solution?
  1. What is deforestation? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of deforestation?
  1. What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?
  1. What is the location, language, and religion of the Arab, Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili?
  1. Describe the Traditional / Animist Beliefs of the some African Ethnic Groups.
  1. Study your Political and Physical Maps of Africa

Africa’s Geography Review

  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the Sahara.
  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the Sahel.
  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the savanna.
  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the tropical rain forest.
  1. How does living in the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, or tropical rain forest affect what type of work you do?
  1. What is water pollution? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of water pollution? What is a possible solution? What is happening to the Niger River Delta?
  1. What is desertification? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of desertification? What is a possible solution?
  1. What is deforestation? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of deforestation?
  1. What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?
  1. What is the location, language, and religion of the Arab, Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili?
  1. Describe the Traditional / Animist Beliefs of the some African Ethnic Groups.
  1. Study your Political and Physical Maps of Africa

Africa’s Geography ReviewKEY

  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the Sahara.

Hot, dry, desert/arid climate, limited population, limited water and resources.

  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the Sahel.

Poor soil, expanding desert (desertification), south of the Sahara, small trees and brush, hot

  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the savanna.

Grasslands, lots of animals, most of population, central and southern Africa

  1. Describe the physical characteristics of the tropical rain forest.

Wet/hot/ humid climate, dense forest, lots of animals, lots of resources.

  1. How does living in the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, or tropical rain forest affect what type of work you do?

Nomadic herdingsubsistence farmers logging

  1. What is water pollution? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of water pollution? What is a possible solution? What is happening to the Niger River Delta?

Lack of clean drinking water, impacts trade, industry, drinking water and irrigation for farming, slows economic growth.

Oil pollution affects the Niger River Delta

  1. What is desertification? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of desertification? What is a possible solution?

Growth of the desert, Sahel, overgrazing, over farming, poor soil, no good farmland, leads to starvation and famine.

  1. What is deforestation? Where is it happening? What is causing it and what are the effects of deforestation?

destruction of forest, affects rainforest/savanna, people needing farmland, lumber, poor soil, loss of natural habitat, air pollution

  1. What is the difference between a religious group and an ethnic group?

Religious Group- people who share a common belief system (Ex. Christianity, Islam, Judaism)

Ethnic Group- people who share a common culture, language, history (Ex. Arab, Ashanti, Swahili, Persians, Kurds)

  1. What is the location, language, and religion of the Arab, Ashanti, Bantu, and Swahili?

Arab- North Africa, Arabic, Islam

Ashanti- Ghana, Twi, Traditional (animism)

Swahili- Eastern coast of Africa, Swahili (mix of Arabic and bantu), Islam with traditional elements

Bantu- Language group, sub-Saharan Africa, Bantu based languages, many different religions including Christianity, Islam, and traditional

  1. Describe the Traditional / Animist Beliefs of the some African Ethnic Groups.

Ancestors are important, everything has a soul, spirits in nature

  1. Study your Political and Physical Maps of Africa