Africa in the World & Geography Review

In Africa, most people live near the mountains and deserts.

Mount ________ is the tallest mountain in Africa.

Possible solutions to desertification are building wind breaks, manage & share water resources, and replanting trees.

There are 30* degrees between lines of latitude and longitude lines.

The exact position of a place using lines of latitude & longitude is called the _____________ location.

_____________ is the destruction of trees and other vegetation.

The causes of desertification are drought, cutting trees for fuel, grazing, population increases, & overused farmland.

Water pollution is caused by overpopulation and industrial waste which causes diseases, skin & eye infections.

Geography is about how _____________ interact with the land in which they live.

The equator is found at the absolute location of 0* _____________ that are labeled N or S of the equator.

Deforestation is caused by cutting down trees for fuel, along with heavy farming & grazing of animals.

____________ conflicts fought over water.

Parallels are another name for latitude lines.

_____________ a spring of fresh water comes from the ground.

Africa is southwest of the large continent of Asia.

Africa is unique because part of the continent are located in all ____________ hemispheres.

Some solutions to prevent water pollution would be regulation of industrial & fertilizer dumping & water pumps.

Most of Africa is East of the prime meridian.

Africa is the _____________ largest of the seven continents in size and population.

Possible solutions to deforestation are government restrictions & teaching proper farming techniques & feeding the poor.

The Savannah’s are large areas of ______________ that are home to a lot of African wildlife and have a temperate climate

___________________ is when a desert expands, the farmland is overused, & the soil becomes poor and powdery.

The ____________, _____________, and ___________ Oceans are bodies of water that borders Africa.

___________ a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

The equator runs through the center of Africa.

_____________ location is the location of a place in relation to another place or nearby landmarks.

The Tuskegee Airmen left farms, towns, and cities to serve their nation during World War II.

The desert, mountains, and jungles are physical features that make trade easier in Africa.

Arthur Ashe was the first African American to win the US Open and the prestigious Winbledon Tournament in England.

Meridians are another name for longitude lines.

The Nile, Congo, & Niger River are important to the people of Africa because they provide ________, _______, & _______.

The effects of desertification are hunger & hardship among of the people of Africa.

_______________ chemical or natural substances added to soil to increase its fertility.

The ______ flows north from the waters of Lake Victoria in the jungles of Tanzania & empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

_______________is the richest continent in the world in terms of natural resources, animals, and plant life.

The prime meridian runs from the North Pole to the South Pole at 0* ______________ & are labeled E or W.

The Nile, Congo, and Niger are the most important ___________ in Africa.

____________ unwanted material from industrial operations or factories dump their wastes directly into rivers & streams.

The effects of deforestation are poverty, starvation, and topsoil being blown away.