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Chapter 18 Flashcards

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What is another name for Africa?

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The plateau continent

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What landform covers most of Africa?

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Plateau

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What is a basin?

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A depression

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What River flowing through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt is more than 4,000 miles long?

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The Nile River

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What percentage of Egyptians depend on the Nile for water?

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95%

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What River forms the continent’s greatest network of waterways, but is broken up by 32 cataracts?

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The Congo River

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What are long, thin valleys known as?

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Rift valleys

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What part of Africa is pulling away from the rest?

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The eastern portion

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What is the longest freshwater lake in the world?

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Lake Tanganyika

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What is Africa’s tallest mountain?

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Mt. Kilimanjaro

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What is a steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top known as?

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Escarpment

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What percentage of the world’s platinum does South Africa produce?

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80%

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What percentage of the world’s gold does South Africa produce?

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30%

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What three countries are among the world’s leading petroleum producers?

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Libya, Nigeria, and Algeria

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What percentage of the world’s coffee does Africa grow?

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20%

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What is the world’s largest exporter of cocoa beans?

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Côte d’Ivoire

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What is the world’s largest desert?

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The Sahara

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What organism do travelers rely on for desert transportation?

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Camels

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What are huge stores of underground water known as?

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Aquifers

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What is a place in a desert where water from an aquifer comes to the surface, supporting vegetation and wildlife?

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Oasis

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What is the “winter” of the tropics?

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Night

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Where are Mediterranean climates found in Africa?

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The northern and southern tips of the continent

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What is the name of the tropical grassland in northern Tanzania?

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The Serengeti Plain

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How many different tree species does one square acre of rainforest contain?

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100

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What is the uppermost layer of branches, about 150 feet above the ground?

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Canopy

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What is the region containing most of Nigeria’s soil?

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Niger delta

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What is the narrow band of dry grassland running east to west along the southern edge of the Sahel?

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Sahel

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What is the expansion of dry conditions into moist areas next to deserts?

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Desertification

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What discovery made Nigeria rich?

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The discovery of oil

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Who became Nigeria’s president in 1999?

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Olusegun Obasanjo

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What dam was built between Egypt and Sudan to give farmers a regular supply of water?

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The Aswan High Dam

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