Countries From List 1 Facts Flashcards
This country is as big as California and has largest population in the region.
Nigeria
This country’s main way of income is mainly through the production of oil exports. And also has many subsistence farms.
Nigeria
This country has more than 250 ethnic groups. 1/2 of population is Muslim, 40% are Christian and the remainder practice traditional African religions.
Nigeria
This country is part of group that makes up the Sahel except for one and is very landlocked and is limited in transportation
Possible answers (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad)
This country is one of five that makes up the Sahel and the lack of transportation makes exporting their main items, uranium, gold, and oil hard.
Possible answers( Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad and Mali)
This country is one of five that is part of Sahel and receives little rainfall and so farming isn’t optional. Instead hearing livestock is a way of life here.
Possible answers (Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Mali)
This country is one of five in the Sahel and there is very little population here because of the dry conditions.
Possible answers (Niger, Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso)
This country is one of five in the Sahel and is mostly populated by Muslims who speak Arabic as well as French and African languages.
Possible answers (Chad, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger)
This country has a major source of copper, tin, and industrial diamonds and is home to 200 ethnic groups.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
This country’s lack of transportation and safety makes for the lack of ability to get to its country’s resources and its capital Kinshasa is home to 6 million people.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is the largest country in South Eastern Africa most people there speak Swahili.
Tanzania
The Serengeti is a major national park that spreads across this country
Tanzania
This country’s capital is Nairobi and is the largest city in Eastern Africa
Kenya
This country has a large port called Mombasa and gained its independence from Britain in 1963
Kenya
This country uses its oil, manganese, timber and uranium resources to build the economy
Gabon
This country produces cacao and coffee for its export
Cameroon
This country benefits from oil resources
Equatorial Guinea
This country is landlocked and in the highlands and its dictator in 1970s was Idi Amin
Uganda
This country is landlocked and in the highlands and has very fertile soil and its Hutu led government killed many Tutsi
Rwanda
This country has very fertile soil and is producer of bananas cassava potatoes corn and grain and was affected by genocide
Burundi
This country’s people live along Nile River and were ruled by Britain and Egypt from late 1800’s -1956
Sudan
This country had civil war in 1983-2004 and killed 1.5 million
Sudan
This country’s main export is coffee along with grains, sugarcane and potatoes and has 80 different languages
Ethiopia
This country’s main export is cotton as well as sugarcane, grains and dates
Sudan
This country broke away from Ethiopia in 1993 and sits on Red Sea
Eritrea
This country is tip of Horn of Africa and its two Muslim clan are Suni and Shia and caused civil war in 1980s
Somalia
This country is on water passage connecting Mediterranian and Indian Ocean
Djibouti
Shipping and commerce is this country’s main income and most of its people are Muslim
Djibouti
