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What is the largest lake in Africa?
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Africa Geography

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What is the largest lake in Africa? Lake Victoria
What is the longest lake and second deepest lake in the world? Lake Tanganyika
What desert covers most of northern Africa? Sahara
What mountain range stretches from Southwest Morocco to Northern Tunisia? Atlas
What is the world’s longest river? Nile
What is Africa’s transition zone between desert and rainforest called? Sahel
What African landform has rolling grassland and few, scattered trees? Savanna
What desert is located in southern Africa? Kalahari
Since the late 1900s, the Sahel region of Africa has faced problems resulting from: increasing desertification
What agricultural condition threatens the land in Kenya, Botswana, and Mali? Desertification
What is ‘desertification’? Spread of desert area
Which climate zone do animals such as lions, gazelles, and zebras live? Savannah
Why is farming so difficult in the Sahel? Little rain falls in the region.
Which is the best climate zone in Africa for farming? Savannah
Where do most of Egypt’s people live? In the Nile River Valley
What resource makes up a large portion of Nigeria’s potential wealth? Oil reserves
. Gold, coal, diamonds, and platinum are all major resources for which African Region? South
What is one major problem facing those who depend on the Nile River for their water? It is heavily contaminated by human and industrial wastes.
The absence of rainfall is referred to as ____________. Drought
What is an example of an ethnic group? People who share language and culture
What is an example of a religious group? People who share a belief in the same god
The two main religious groups in Africa are: Muslims and Christians
What religion did Arab traders bring with them to Africa? Islam
Most African languages can be traced to which ethnic group? Bantu
Why are so many different languages spoken in West Africa? because each ethnic group speaks a separate language
In which country do most Ashanti live? Ghana
About how many people in Africa today are part of the Bantu culture? Over sixty million
Which ethnic group worships the “Golden Stool”? Ashanti
The Swahili language is a mixture of Bantu and Arabic
Where are the majority of the Swahili people found? East Africa
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