African Stduy Guide

Question 0

What three factors affect Africa’s climate

Answer 0

Distance form the equator, location to body of water, elevation

Question 1

What are the five regions it is broken up into

Answer 1

North, south, east, west, and central Africa

Question 2

Areas closer to e equator are typically ______

Answer 2

Warmer

Question 3

Describe rainforests

Answer 3

Moist, located in central Africa, reducing in size, typically warm.

Question 4

Deserts

Answer 4

Hot, dry, nomads live here, sandy

Question 5

Savannah’s

Answer 5

Tall grasses, north and south of the rainforests, wet, dry

Question 6

Where is the Sahara located

Answer 6

It is located in the north

Question 7

Why is the Sahara so significant

Answer 7

it is the largest in Africa

Question 8

Which region has the highest population

Answer 8

The west region

Question 9

Which region is the home of the Namib and Kalahari deserts

Answer 9

South Africa does

Question 10

Why is the Namib so unique

Answer 10

It is on the coast of the water

Question 11

What is a plateau

Answer 11

Large flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land

Question 12

What is a coastal plain

Answer 12

It is an area of flat land near the sea

Question 13

How aw escarpments and coastal plains related

Answer 13

They both have steep cliffs

Question 14

Information on the Nile river

Answer 14

It is 4,000 miles long and is the largest in the world

Question 15

Congo river

Answer 15

2,720 miles and is located in central Africa

Question 16

Niger River

Answer 16

2,600 miles

Question 17

Zambezi

Answer 17

2,200 miles long, used to make electricity, and creates Victoria Falls

Question 18

What is the Great Rift Valley

Answer 18

It is a deep trench that is 4,000 miles

Question 19

Where is the Great Rift trench located

Answer 19

In east Africa

Question 20

What is the tallest mountain in Africa

Answer 20

It is Mount Kilimanjaro

Question 21

Where is Mount Kilimanjaro located

Answer 21

It is located in east Africa

Question 22

One of the most famous waterfalls in Africa is _________________. What is the name the locals call it?

Answer 22

Victoria falls and known as smoke that thunders

Question 23

What is a subsistence farming

Answer 23

It is when you only farm for your family and what they need

Question 24

What is farming for cash crops

Answer 24

It is when you farm crops and sell them to other people

Question 25

What are some crops that are grown thought Africa

Answer 25

Coffee and cocoas

Question 26

What are some natural resources harvested in Africa

Answer 26

Coal, water, trees, and wind

Question 27

What does it mean to have a specialized economy

Answer 27

It means that your economy is based off of one thing for example Africa is based off of farming nothing else

Question 28

What are the pros and cons to specialized economy

Answer 28

The pros are that it only one thing to do you don't have to worry about other stuff and the cons are you can't do anything else

Question 29

What does it mean to diversify the economy?

Answer 29

One way to diversify the economy is to make new jobs

Question 30

How are Africans diversifying their economy

Answer 30

They are trying to make new job opportunities for the workers

Question 31

What are the three forms of government found in Pre- colonial Africa.

Answer 31

Kingdom and Empire, City State, stateless Political Empire

Question 32

What does it mean to colonize?

Answer 32

Settling in a area and either takeover government in existence or crate a government for that area.

Question 33

What happens when the Europeans first colonized Africa?

Answer 33

It changed the institution of slavery

Question 34

What is nationalism?

Answer 34

It is pride in your nation.

Question 35

How does it play a role in Africa's independence movement?

Answer 35

Political parties begin to form supporting rights for Africans in different regions of the continent.

Question 36

What is the slogan for the Pan african Movement

Answer 36

Africa for Africans

Question 37

What does the slogan Africa for Africans mean

Answer 37

It means that Africans should control Africa

Question 38

Which war led to several European countries granting independence for African countries

Answer 38

World War 11

Question 39

What does the following mean - some african countries are young

Answer 39

This means that they just started the country

Question 40

What is music used for in Africa.

Answer 40

Music is used in ceremonies and rituals

Question 41

What are some common sounds of instruments in the music

Answer 41

Drums

Question 42

What does call and response mean

Answer 42

It means that when you say something someone else will give you a response.

Question 43

What are danced used for in Africa

Answer 43

Rituals, ceremonies and entertainment

Question 44

What are the dance moves inspired by

Answer 44

They are inspired by the war and every day work of jobs

Question 45

How many languages are spoken in Africa?

Answer 45

Over 1,000

Question 46

What are the most popular languages in Africa

Answer 46

English, Spanish, and Portuguese

Question 47

What languages are spoken in north and east Africa

Answer 47

North- Arabic | East- Swahili

Question 48

Why were folk tales used as a form of education for many years?

Answer 48

They oral history and they usually did not have a language to write in so they did this

Question 49

What three topics can a folklore cover

Answer 49

Explaining the unexplained Teaching a moral Rebelling a moment in history

Question 50

Describe the foods in each region of Africa

Answer 50

n- food is influenced by traders e/s- like the north but has a lot of beans and vegetables W- has a lot of spices C- traditional( euro influenced)

Question 51

Study the location of the countries

Answer 51

Study