Africa's Geography, Culture & Map Review

live in Rwanda, make up 1/7 of the population, most speak French

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True/False? A savanna is an arctic wetland with a short & sunny season.

What kind of season does the Sahel have?

women are leaders & traders, live in Nigeria

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What do the people of Zimbabwe speak? (2 possible answers)

True/False? The Sahel is a semi-arid transition zone between the Sahara and savanna.

largest ethnic group in Africa, speak Swahili, live along the coast

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many muslim, grow sorghum/maize/millet, raise cattle, leather makers & weavers

largest ethnic group of Botswana, from the Bantu group, separated into wards/groups of families

What group of people is this? ~live in Kalahari Desert, hunter-gatherers, believe in 2 gods

What is one of the largest rain forests in the world and where in Africa is it located?

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True/False? The Congo River is smaller than India.

What group of people is this? Whites of Dutch, German, French descent

What is an area in the desert where groundwater is in reach for plant roots and wells?

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Which desert does this best describe: flat & sandy, in Southwest Africa, supports animals

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True/False? The Congo River begins below equator, flows north above it & then south below it.

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Ancient North Africans since 2000 bce, most have converted to Islam, men=livestock herders

What did the Africa's great lakes form as a part of?

Which of these environmental issues did we not learn about for Africa?

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nomadic people who live off their cattle, grouped by age, boys 14-30 live in isolation, *Kenya

mostly muslim, more freedom of religion & speech than other groups, Egypt

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live in Rwanda, make up 4/5 of the population, most farm or raise cattle

live in the Dem. Rep. of the Congo, most are under 5' tall, hunters, earliest inhabitants

What is the largest desert in the world?

What is the volcanic depression in Tanzania?

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What is the longest river in the world?

semi-nomadic cattle herders & farmers, live in South Sudan, Christians & Animist

What are Africa's great lakes?

African-Arab, live along the coast of Kenya, language is a mix of 6 different ones

Who is this? practice polygyny, kings & chiefs lead, christianity&traditional religions