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Geography

Unit 6 AFRICA – Chapters 18-20 Objectives

Chapter 18 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA: THE PLATEAU CONTINENT

18.1: LANDFORMS AND RESOURCES - Use pages 740-746 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below.

1. Pangaea

2. Why do geographers sometimes refer to Africa as the “plateau continent”?

3. basins

4. Nile River

5. Congo River

6. cataracts

7. Niger River

8. rift valleys

9. Lake Victoria

10. Mount Kilimanjaro

11. escarpment

12. Cite/explain three examples that support the statement “Africa’s minerals make it one of

the world’s richest continents in terms of resources”.

a.

b.

c.

13. Which countries are Africa’s top four oil producers?

a. After oil, what other commodities are Africa’s most important exports?

14. What is the single most important economic activity in Africa?

Review 18.1: On page 747 of your book you will find the Section Assessment. Complete each of the five questions:

1. Tap the circle next to the letter of the answer you think is correct.

2. The circle next to the answer and the “check answer” box will turn blue.

3. Tap on the “check answer” box

a. the circle will turn green if you answer the question correctly and you can hit the “clear answer” box at the bottom and hit the arrow key at the bottom of the box to proceed to the next question.

b. the circle will turn red if you answer the question incorrectly and you can hit the “try again” box at the bottom to answer the question again until you get the correct answer. Then hit the arrow key at the bottom of the box to proceed to the next question

4. Record the correct answers to the review questions in the space provided here.

18.1 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

18.2: CLIMATE AND VEGETATION - Use pages 751-757 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below.

1. Sahara

2. aquifers

3. oasis

4. Tropic of Cancer

5. Tropic of Capricorn

6. Explain the African saying “nighttime (is) the “winter of the tropics”.

7. Explain the relationship between rainy seasons and the equator.

8. What type of vegetation covers most of the continent?

9. Serengeti Plain

10. Where are Africa’s major rainforests located?

11. canopy

12. How much of Africa’s original rainforest (do experts estimate) has been destroyed?

18.2 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

18.3: HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION - Use pages 760-765 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below.

1. Niger delta

2. Sahel

3. What is desertification?

a. What are its causes?

4. Identify one positive, and one negative effect of the discovery of oil in Nigeria.

5. What percentage of Nigeria’s income does oil account for?

6. How has oil contributed to environmental damage in Nigeria?

7. Lake Nasser

8. Where is the Aswan Dam located?

a. How has it helped farmers?

b. Identify three problems it has created:

18.3 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Chapter 19 - HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA: FROM HUMAN BEGINNINGS TO NEW NATIONS

19.1: EAST AFRICA- Use pages 774-781 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below

1. Olduvai Gorge

2. Why can East Africa be considered a “cultural crossroads”?

3. Berlin Conference (1884-1885)

4. Menelik II

5. Why did East African countries experience civil wars in the second half of the 20th century?

6. Identify one advantage and one disadvantage of using farmland to grow cash crops in East

Africa.

7. Why is East Africa’s “agricultural balance” changing?

8. What attracts tourists to East Africa each year?

9. Masai and Kikuyu

10. Mau Mau

11. pandemic

19.1 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

19.2: NORTH AFRICA- Use pages 787-792 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below

1. Why are Egypt and the Nile River considered a cultural hearth?

2. Islam

3. How has North Africa’s economy evolved over the course of history?

4. Why is oil referred to as “black gold”?

a. Identify one advantage and one disadvantage it has for the region?

5. souks

6. medina

7. What is rai?

a. How has it been/is it used for political purposes?

8. How have women’s roles begun to change in North Africa?

19.2 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

19.3: WEST AFRICA- Use pages 795-800 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below

1. Goree Island

2. Ghana

3. gold and salt

4. Mali

5. Songhai

6. stateless society

7. What does West Africa’s economic well-being largely depend on?

8. Complete the SKILL BUILDER: INTERPRETING GRAPHS on page 798. Record your

answers in the space below.

1. Which country showed the biggest gain in its GNP per capita from 1987-1997?

2. Which country showed the biggest drop in its GNP per capita during those years?

9. To what factors can Ghana’s relative success in recent years be attributed to?

10. What factors have contributed to Sierra Leone’s problems?

11. kente cloth

19.3 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

19.4: CENTRAL AFRICA- Use pages 806-812 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below

1. Describe the impact of the Bantu migrations.

2. Sao Tome

3. When did Europeans first arrive in Africa, AND why did they remain along the coasts?

4. King Leopold II

5. Congo Free State

6. Why did the borders imposed by Europeans pose problems for African countries post-

colonialism?

7. In what ways did colonialism impact Central Africa’s economy?

8. Mobutu Sese Seko

9. What issues are the new generation of African artists coming of age today focusing their

work on?

10. What percentage of sub-Saharan Africa’s young people between the ages of 16 and 20

attended school at the start of the 21st century?

11. Identify 3 key “barriers” to improving education in Central Africa today.

a.

b.

c.

12. What steps have Central American countries taken to begin improving their educational

systems? Identify two examples.

1.

2.

19.4 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

19.5: SOUTHERN AFRICA- Use pages 815-822 of your textbook, or online sources to define/explain the significance or importance of the terms, and answer the questions below

1. Read the “A Human Perspective” introduction to the section. What fundamental problem

does the April 2000 attack on the farmhouse of a white farmer in Zimbabwe illustrate?

2. What did the decline of the Mutapa Empire in the 1500s reflect?

3. Zulu

4. Boer War

5. apartheid

6. Nelson Mandela

7. Describe the “two economies” of modern South Africa.

1.

2.

8. What is most of Botswana’s wealth based on?

a. Who in Botswana has benefited from this wealth?

b. Who in Botswana has not benefited?

9. Describe the impact of AIDS on Southern Africa.

10. Johannesburg

19.5 Review Question answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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