Quiz chap 5-6 Flashcards
Africa can be summarized in six points. Give one example for each one of the following concepts:
Big:
Isolated:
Massive:
Tropical:
Underdeveloped:
Developing:
Big: Africa land area = 30M km2, three times the size of Canada
Isolated: By oceans and the sahara desert
Massive: It comes as one block, 16 out of 49 countries are land lock
Tropical: 80% of its land is located between the tropics of cancer and capricorn
Underdeveloped: a lot of people live with less than 1.90$ us/day, have a life expectancy of 64 compared to Canada of 82.
Developing: A lot of young people, in 1478M inhabitants, 39% are under 15 and only 4% above 65
What is the land are of africa?
30M km2
What physical feature in Africa is as large as the continental united states?
The Sahara desert
True or false: the rivers in Africa are difficult to navigate?
True
What percent of Africa’s surface area lies between the Tropics?
80%
Where is the tropical rainforest and jungle located in Africa?
Along the Ecuador
Where are the important deserts found in Africa?
Along both tropics
Which religion is dominant in the saharian desert and the Maghreb countries of the meditarreanean sea?
Muslim (Islam)
How would you describe the Sub-Saharan Africa region (all Africa south of the sahara desert) in terms of population, spoken language, and religion
It has a black population, and extremely diversified languages, and the Christian religion grows in importance as you travel south.
What are the major rivers found in Africa?
The Nile, the Niger, the Congo, and the Zambezi
Which river is the longest on earth with a total length of 6650km? What is it compared/a little longer than?
Nile, compared to Quebec/Paris = 5270km
Which river is second to the amazon river for drainage and average flow?
The congo river
Where are the poorest nations of the planet located?
Located on the southern fringes of the Sahara, where the desert meets the savana. The region is called the Sahel and includes countries like mauritania, mali, niger, chad and sudan
How many independant is there in Africa compared to how many before the second world war?
There are now 50 independant african countries compared to 4 before the second world war
In what year did 17 African states declare their independance?
1960
In 2019, from the 38M people infected with HIV worldwide, what percent of them were living in the Sub-Saharan Africa? What country is the most affected and what percent of its popualtion had contracted the virus?
70%
South Africa is the country with the largest population affected which represents 19%
What is referred to the African world War? How many african nations and armed group did it involve
The Second Congo War. It involved 9 African nations and 20 armed groups.
True or false: After the signing of peace, the war stopped.
False, it continued in the east, it is where the prevalance of rape and sexual violence has been described as the worst.
The second congo war is the deadliest conflict since the chinese civil, How many people were killed?
5.4 million, more than 90% wre not killed in combat, dying instead of malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, malnutrition aggravated by the consequences of the conflict.
What is the name of the area where two tectonic plates are drifting apart from each other? Where is it located?
The great rift valley, located mainly in the Horn of Africa and East african regions.
True or False: many volcanoes are found in the Great Rift Vallet because of the geothermal activity.
True
Among the family of great Apes, this is the estimated number left for each species and there location:
Orangutan:
Gorilla:
Chimpanzee:
Bonobo:
Human:
Ornagutan: 50 000 located in the sumatra and borneo in indonesia
Gorilla: 200 000 located in central africa rainforests and mountains
Chimpanzee: 100 000 located in west and central africa rainforest
Bonobo: 5000-30 000 only in DRC Congo
Humans: 8,000,000,000
BY how many degrees does the temperature drop in the lower layer of the atmosphere for every 1000m as you go up
6.5 degrees
What is the summit (height) of mount kilimangaro and are there glaciers on top?
5895m And yes there are glaciers
