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What rank is Africa in terms of size 2 How many times larger is Africa then the continental USA? 3 What is Pangaea? An ancient supercontinent Most of Africa is located on what kind of landform huge plateu sytem or mountains what percent of africa is desert 40% List the 2 primary deserts of Africa Sahara Kalahari List the 2 primary mountain chains for Africa Atlas Drakensberg List the 2 famous peaks of Africa Mt.Kenya Mt.Kilimanjaro How has the great rift valley been created? the two plates are pulling away How long is the Nile River 4,180 What is the source of the Nile River Lake Victoria What nations does the Nile end in? Egypt What percent of Africa is farmable? 15% Most of Africa is located between the Tropic _______and the tropic of_______ cancer capricorn The highest recorded temperature in Africa is 136 How much of the Sahara is rolling sand dunes 20% How many miles long and wide is the Sahara long- 1200 wide-3000 What is located beneath the deserts of Africa? aquifer What is an aquifer huge stores of water What is an oasis vegetation zone What animal would one want to take if traveling in the desert? Why? Camel, they can last up to 14 days What part of Africa receives the most rain? Central Africa What is a savannah? a plain full of grassland What is an example of a savannah? Serengeti Plain How many different species of plants and animals live in just 1 acre of rainforest? 100 What is a canopy in regards to rainforest? The upper layer of the rainforest What is desertification? When it dries up and it starts to turn into desert What region in Africa is in great danger of desertification? Sahel List the 3 main causes of desertification? Over grazing Farming Overpopulation What African nation is the 6th largest oil producer in the world? Nigeria How many neglected oil spills has Nigeria had over the years? 4,000 What dam has Egypt constructed on the Nile River? Aswan What Lake has this dam created? Lake Nassar What are 2 positives of this dam? Year long water: Increased Egypts arable land What are 2 drawbacks of this dam a lot of people to move: many of Egypts ancient wonders were buried What area is the cradle of humanity East Africa What is a pandemic? an uncontrollable outbreak of a disease What are the 2 main civilizations of North Africa? Egypt and Carthage What is a souk? marketplace with music and story tellers which are located in the medina What is a medina? old section of a N. African city What is a Rai and what did it lead to? Form of music,lead to rap music List 2 ways the way of women in North Africa is changing? Men can only have 1 wife. No preteen marriages for girls List the primary early cultures of West Africa? Ghana Mail Songhai What resources supported these cultures? Gold Salt What is a stateless society? rely on ones family to govern themselves what is a kente? popular form of art in this region what is an apartheid? basically all aspects of life were segregated Who is Nelson Mandela fought for equal rights and got thrown in jail after a revolution in the nation he was realesed and became president in 1994