North & West Africa Test - Geography Packet
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Decreases | Rainfall ______ away from the coast. |
| Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria | Remnants of tropical rain forests still exist along the coasts of where (3 places)? |
| Drought, drinking water, and overgrazing | Lake Chad is disappearing because of what (3 reasons)? |
| Sahara | World's largest desert |
| 3000 miles long | How long is the Sahara Desert? |
| Nile River | World's longest river |
| Nile River | Worshipped as a god by ancient Egyptians |
| Lake Victoria | What is the source of the Nile? |
| Arabs, Berkers, Moors, Egyptians, and Black Africans | What were the 5 different types of people that live/lived in North Africa? |
| Cairo | Africa's largest city |
| Egypt | The political hub of the Arab world; in 1979 had a peace treaty with Israel |
| Muammar Quadafi | Dictator of Libya |
| Liberia | Became Africa's first independent black nation in 1847 |
| Charles Taylor | Former president of Liberia - bloody legacy (child soldiers) |
| Sudd Swamp | Largest freshwater swamp in Africa (as large as England) |
| Sudan | In what country is Sudd Swamp located? |
| Elephant tusks | Called Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) when there was an active trade in what? |
| Gbeto warriors | A ruthless group of female soldiers from the Dahomey |
| Berlin | Dahomey is located in what is now southern what? |
| Animism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity | What are the 4 main religions of North and West Africa? |
| Animists | People who worshipped the dead souls and spirits believed to be part of the natural environment |
| Shamans | Animist priests are also called what? |
| Yoruba | 1000 year old religion |
| Heaven: gods and ancestors, Earth: humans, witches, and sorcerers | What do people who believe in Yoruba believe is in Heaven and Earth? (Heaven: 2 things, Earth: 3 things) |
| Cosmology | Study of the universe |
| To keep balance | Purpose of Yoruba |
| Olorun | Supreme god; believe he created the world |
| Orishas | Olorun's dieties |
| Esu | Contains both good and evil |
| Ritual practitioners | Spirit doctors; head of the household |
| IFA | God of divination |
| Ghana | Starting country of Islam in Africa |
| Ethiopia, Beta Israel | Where is there Judaism in Africa, and what is it called? |
| Falasha | A member of Beta Israel |
| Menelik | Falashas believe they descended from whom? |
| Mark the Evangelist | Who started a Christian church in Alexandria and began Christianity in Africa about the year 43 CE? |
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