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Sahara Desert
What is the world’s largest desert?
1,2
Terrible shortage of foodfor a long period of time
What is a famine?
1,3
unable to read or write
What is illiteracy?
1,4
1960s
When did most of the African nations become independent countries?
2,1
Mount Kilimanjaro
What is the highest mountain peak in Africa?
2,2
An American group that sends its members to help developing
countries
What is the Peace Corps?
2,3
Famine, farmers use traditional methods and
grow cash crops, civil wars, poortransportation
What are some causes of hunger in Africa?
2,4
Traditional/local, Christianity, Islam
What are the three major religions found in Africa ?
3,1
Nile River
What is the longest river in the world?
3,2
Takes place when soil is blown away by wind or washed away
by rain
What is erosion?
3,3
Diamond-fuelled wars that have killed over 4 million people,
destroyed countries, and displaced millions of people
What is the conflict diamonds or blood diamonds?
3,4
Small rural villages
Where do the majority of Africans live?
4,1
Nile, Niger, Congo, Zambezi
What are rivers that are all found in Africa?
4,2
Occurs when deserts grow largerand grasslands become smaller
What is desertification ?
4,3
53 countries
How many countries are located in Africa?
4,4
gold, oil, diamonds, copper
What are some important natural resources of Africa?
5,1
Area with culture of Middle East
How is North Africa different from the region south of the Sahara?
5,2
Region of dry grasslands south of the Sahara that stretches
from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea
What is the Sahel?
5,3
rapid population growth hunger
desertification illiteracy disease
What are five serious problems found in Africa today?
5,4
Approximately 841 million people
How many people live in Africa?