Physical and Political, Environmental Issues, Population and Trade, no map stuff
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| In which country does the Nile River meet the Mediterranean Sea? | show 🗑
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| In what country does the Niger River meet the Atlantic Ocean? | show 🗑
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| show | Sudan
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| show | Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Which country borders Ethiopia and Samalia and touches Lake Victoria? | show 🗑
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| show | South Africa
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| show | second
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| Africa is home to __________ countries | show 🗑
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| Africa is home to _________________ different languages | show 🗑
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| show | 800,000,000
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| show | 10
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| show | climate
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| Africa can be divided into several ____________________, including the Sahara, the Sahel, the savannahs, and the tropical rain forests | show 🗑
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| The Sahara is the world's largest ___________ desert | show 🗑
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| The Sahara runs across the width of northern Africa and covers ___________ of the continent | show 🗑
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| The Sahara divides the continent into two distinct regions- _________________ Africa and sub-Saharan Africa | show 🗑
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| show | dunes
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| Very few people live in the desert because it is considered of of the ______________________ places to live in the world | show 🗑
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| show | nomads
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| show | water
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| The Sahel is a strip of dry grassland that is located __________________ of the Sahara and north of the equator that separates the desert from tropical rain forests | show 🗑
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| show | border
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| show | semi-arid
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| The Sahel gets more rainfall than the desert, but still receives very ______________(ranging from 6-20 inches) | show 🗑
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| show | flat
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| People have tried to live in the Sahel but generations of overgrazing and __________________________ have caused soil erosion. | show 🗑
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| show | unevenly
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| show | grasslands
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| Savannas cover the regions just _________________ and south of the rainforests that lie along the equator. | show 🗑
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| show | largest
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| There is a large variety of ___________________ in the African savannas, including lions, zebras, and elepahnts | show 🗑
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| show | Farming
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| show | Grasses
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| show | drought
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| ____________________ are tall and thick, while trees are short and scattered in the savanna. | show 🗑
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| show | central
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| show | 37
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| The rainforest has a _______________, humid climate with an annual rainfall of over 17 feet. | show 🗑
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| show | variety
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| show | sunlight
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| show | hundreds
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| show | second
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| Unfortunately, about ____________% of this rain forest has shrunk due to deforestation. | show 🗑
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| show | west
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| show | central
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| show | rainforest
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| The Congo River is the ________________ longest river in Africa and the fifth longest in the world. | show 🗑
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| show | 3,000
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| The Niger River is in _____________________ Africa. | show 🗑
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| The Niger River flows through Guinea, Mali, ___________________, Benin, and Nigeria | show 🗑
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| show | third
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| show | 2,600
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| The mouth of the Niger River flows through a large delta, often referred to as the "Oil Delta" because of the__________________ industry that's centered here. | show 🗑
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| show | eastern
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| The Nile River starts in the mountains of central Africa and flows northward through eastern Africa and empties into the ___________________ Sea. | show 🗑
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| show | longest
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| The Nile River provides water for ________________ and Egypt. | show 🗑
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| The Nile River is an important ____________________ for transporting people and goods. | show 🗑
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| show | irrigation
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| show | largest
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| Lake Victoria is in central Africa and extends into three countries: __________________________, Uganda, and Kenya. | show 🗑
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| show | headwaters
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| Even though it is shallow, Lake Victoria is vital in supporting the millions of ____________________ that live nearby. | show 🗑
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| show | living
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| show | dip
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| The Great Rift Valley was created about ______________ years ago when the African and Eurasian tectonic plates separated. | show 🗑
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| The Great Rift Valley runs north to south for over ____________________ miles, from Syria in Southwest Asia to Mozambique in east Africa. | show 🗑
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| show | width
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| The Great Rift Valley is surrounded by ___________________. | show 🗑
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| show | three
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| Mt. Kilimanjaro is the ___________________ mountain in Africa. | show 🗑
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| show | 16,100
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| The mountain(Kilimanjaro) is a _______________________ volcano. | show 🗑
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| show | climbing
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| The first climbers proven to have reached the summit of the mountain(Kilimanjaro) were Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller in ___________. | show 🗑
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| show | north
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| The Atlas mountains extend from __________________ to Tunisia, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara desert. | show 🗑
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| show | coastal
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| show | southwestern
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| The Kalahari Desert covers part of Botswana, Namibia, and ______________ Africa. | show 🗑
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| The Kalahari Desert's dunes range from 20 to ______________ feet high and can be 50 miles long. | show 🗑
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| show | drier
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| The Kalahari Desert is not a "true" desert because it receives ___________ inches of rain per year. | show 🗑
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| Because of the precipitation and ______________________ water supplies, grass, shrubs, and wild animals manage to live in the Kalahari desert. | show 🗑
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