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#1 Africa study Flashcards

1
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many Africans have BLANK access to water

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unequal

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many Africans do not have access to BLANK water which causes BLANK BLANK

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  1. clean

2. borne illnesses

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3
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most Africans are BLANK

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Christians

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4
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Africa is divided into parts :

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Northern Africa / Sub-Saharan Africa

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5
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in northern Africa most of the people are BLANK

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Muslim

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6
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Ethnic groups in Africa

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Swahili, Arab (northern Africa ) Bantu (biggest ethnic group in Africa ) Ashanti (they are from gunna )

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7
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The abbreviation for ethnic groups

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SABA

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8
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Deforestation

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when excessive cutting down trees (deforestation causes desertification)

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9
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desertification

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when fertile land becomes desert

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10
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the BLANK is quickly becoming desert because of deforestation

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Sahel

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the main reasons why Africa is dealing with water pollution

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  1. Humans
  2. animals (release waste in water )
  3. factories(pollution)
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12
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there is a BLANK of water in Africa

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scarcity

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13
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the four causes of desertification

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  1. deforestication
  2. soil erosion
  3. overgrazing
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overgrazing

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when people do not give the land any rest and they continue to farm until all of the nutrients are gone

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reasons for deforestation

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  1. overpopulation
  2. profit
  3. housing
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the location climate and characteristics have a BLANK impact o where people BLANK and how they trade in Africa

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  1. HUGE

2. live

17
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Africa has four main regions

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the Sahara , Sahel , the savannas , and the tropical rain forest

18
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the BLANK of the people in the region are BLANK BLANK

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  1. majority

2. normadic herders

19
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many Africans practice many BLANK religions

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traditional (original, native)

20
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most Africans are either BLANK or BLANK

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Christians/Muslims

21
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Ethnic groups have BLANK BLANK in common

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many things

22
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Arabs live mostly in BLANK

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northern Africa

23
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They speak Arabic there mostly Muslim they mostly follow the BLANK

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koran

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bantu generally refers to nearly BLANK ethnic groups in Africa who speak BLANK BLANK

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  1. 600

2. bantu languages

25
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The bantu make up about BLANK of Africa

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two-third

26
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the bantu people are found through BLANK-BLANK Africa

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sub-Saharan

27
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a BLANK amount of bantus are animist

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small

28
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animist

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a person who believes in nature and spirits (animist/traditional)

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