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Geography
of Africa
Statistics
History
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Five Themes
Wild Card
1. World Largest
HOT desert
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1. What is the
Sahara?
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2.World Longest River
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2. What is the Nile
River
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3. Dry region just south of the Sahara
Desert, includes countries such as
Mali, and Chad.
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3. What is the Sahel
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•4.Most people in Africa
are subsistence farmers.
What does subsistence
farming mean?
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4. A subsistence farmer
grows just enough food
for himself and his
family. Very little, or no
extra food.
5. This is the world’s
2nd largest rainforest
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5. What is the Congo
Rainforst/Congo Basin
Rainforest
6. What does literacy
rate mean?
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6. What is the % of
a nations population
that can read and
write
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7. If a nation has a very low
urban population (like in
Kenya), where do most people
live?
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7. Most people live
in rural areas - the
country - not a big
city - on small
farms.
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8. What statistic might
give us an idea of the
quality of medical care
in a country?
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8. What is life
expectancy, infant
mortality, doctors
per 1,000 ppl …
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9. What continent has
the largest % of
undernourished/hungry
people
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9. What is Africa?
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10. What is a drought and
how could it lead to
hunger?
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10. A drought is very
little rainfall. Without
rain, crops don’t grow
and subsistence farmers
and their families go
hungry
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11. What is
imperialism?
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11. When one
country takes over
another
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12. What European nation
colonized (took over) the most
land in Africa?
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12. What is Great
Britain.
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13. Apartheid was
practiced in South
Africa after the end of
colonization there.
What does apartheid
mean?
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13. Apartness,
racial segregation
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14. What country did
the Lost Boys have to
leave because of civil
war?
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14. What is Sudan?
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15. Why do enemy tribes
live together in some
African nations?
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15. Many political
borders in Africa were
drawn by Europeans
during Imperialism
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16. Latitude and
longitude make up
which theme of
geography
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16.What is
location/abosolute
location
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17. The
endangerment of the
African Elephant is
part of which theme?
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17. What is HEI
(human environment
interaction)?
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18. The refugees known
as the lost boys would
best fit into what theme?
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18. What is movement
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19. Religion is part of
which theme of
geography?
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19. What is human
characteristics of
place
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20. This nation colonized the
Western REGION of Africa
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20. Who are the
French?
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21. Show the class
which way
latitude runs
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21. What is
horizontal?
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22. Who became the first
black president of South
Africa?
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22. Who is
Nelson Mandela
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23. What two nations
remained free during
imperialism?
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23. What are
Ethiopia and Liberia?
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24. In what region of
Africa is
desertification a
problem?
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24. What is the Sahel
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25. What does per
capita GDP stand for
and MEAN.
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25. Per capita GDP means
gross domestic product per
person. It measures
everything a nation
makes/produces/sells and
divides that by the population
in a country
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