Review - L 20 & L 21 - Adapting to Desert + Women's Role Development

Question 1

What is the main difference between the Sahara and Sahel?

Accepted Answer

The Sahel receives more rainfall.

Question 2

What natural force keeps the Sahara so dry?

Accepted Answer

trade winds

Question 3

People have adapted to life in the Oases by doing the following things:

Accepted Answer

building windbreaks to protect their community, animals and crops

Question 4

African women who set up street-side restaurants in caravans

Accepted Answer

micro-entrepreneurs

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a benefit provided by women who start small businesses in Africa?

Accepted Answer

helping their country build a stronger military

Question 6

All the following are major causes of desertification EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

shifting agriculture

Question 7

Land that is not well suited for growing crops is called

Accepted Answer

marginal lands

Question 8

A positive effect (outcome) of multifunctional platforms and micr-entrepreneurship

Accepted Answer

more girls in school

Question 9

the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is an example of a

Accepted Answer

micro-credit organization

Question 10

______________ are people that travel from one place to another in search of pasture and water.

Accepted Answer

Pastoral nomads

Question 11

the most common problem faced by women in Africa trying to start a business

Accepted Answer

not enough money

Questions 11