STUDY QUESTIONS
- CHAPTER 21
NAME
SHIFTING SAND DUNES OF THE SAHARA ARE CALLED-.
2.
IS A WRITING SYSTEM USING SYMBOLS & PICTURES USED BY EGYPTIANS.
3. WHAT NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY IS THE NILE RIVER LOCATED IN?
4. FES IS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS , AN OLD ARAB CITY.
5. PHARAOHS WERE ANCIENT RULERS OF WHAT COUNTRY? _.
RELIGION.
6. MOST PEOPLE IN NORTH AFRICA BELONG TO THE
ARE
CALLED
IN
THE
SAFIARA
DRY
7.
STREAMBEDS
8. THE HARMATTAN IS A HOT DRY
9. THE CAPITAL OF EGYPT IS _.
-.
ARE CALLED
10. DESERT NOMADS OF THE SINAI PENINSULA
1 I. WFIAT IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF ALL NORTH AFRICAN COTINTRIES?
12. NORTH AFRICA HAS A TUNDRA CLIMATE? TRUE OR FALSE.
SEA.
13. THE SUEZ CANAL CONNECTS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA & THE
14. EGYPT'S PEASANT FARMERS ARE CALLED
15. THE NILE RIVER FLOODS & SPREADS FERTILE, FINELY GROUND SOIL CALLED
16. WADI'S ARE GRAVEL COVERED PLAINS OF THE SAHARA? TRUE OR FALSE.
17. THE
RTVER IS THE WORLD'S LONGEST RIVER.
18. THE I,TOST VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE IN NORTH AFRICA IS
19. THE CAPITAL OF LIBYA IS CAIRO? TRUE OR FAL$E.
20. LARGE LOW AREAS IN THE SATIARA ARE CALLED
2I. MOROCCO'S FREE PORT IS THE CITY OF
zz,TTIE CAPITAL OF TUNISIA IS
23. THE SAHARA IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST DESERT? TRUE OR FALSE.
24. ALL OF NORTH AFRICA'S COUNTRIES HAVE OIL? TRUE OR FALSE.
25. THE WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF SARDINES IS THE COTINTRY OF
I.
STUDY QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER 22 ----- NAME
I, THE-
IS A SEMIARID REGION ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF TTM SAHARA.
2. WHICH COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF OIL IN WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA?
IN THIS REGION.
3. EL DJOUF IS A MAJOR
4. MALARIA F{AS BEEN ELIMINATED IN THIS REGION? TRUE OR FALSE.
5. THE MAIN OBSTACLE TO EDUCATION IN THIS REGION TS
6. ZONAL CLIMATE MEANS CLIMATE BANDS FORM RUNNING EAST TO WEST? TRUE OR FALSE.
7. THIS COLTNTRY IS LANDLOCKED & ONE OF THE WORLD'S POOREST?
-.
8. LAGOS IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COT}NTRY OF
9. GABON IS A RICH COI]NTRY BECAUSE OF ITS' OIL? TRUE OR FALSE.
IO. MILLET & SORGHUM ARE TYPES OF GRAIN RESISTANT TO
I I. MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN THIS REGION EXPORT PRIMARY GOODS? TRUE OR FALSE.
12. LITERACY RATES IN WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA ARE? HIGH OR LOW.
13. TOMBOUCTOU IS AFRICA'S HIGHEST MOI.INTAIN PEAK? TRUE OR FALSE.
14. ARABIC IS THE ONLY LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THIS REGION? TRUE OR FALSE.
15. MOST FARMERS IN THE SAHEL ARE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS? TRUE OR FALSE.
KINGDOM WAS THE EARLIEST POWERFUL KINGDOM OF THE REGION.
16. 800',S A.D. TFm, _
RIVER.
17. THE TWO MAJOR RIVERS OF THIS REGION ARE TI{E NIGER RIVER &
IS A TERM MEANING THE SPREAD OF DESERT CONDITIONS.
I8.19. THE CAPITAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO IS _.
20. THERE ARE NO RAINFOREST IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA? TRUE OR F'ALSE.
2t.
IS THE TERM MEANING THE MAIN FOOD CROP OF A REGION.
22.THE TRIPLE HERITAGE OF THE REGION ARE THE CULTURES OF AFRICAN,ISLAM, &
23. COTE D'IVOIRE IS THE WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER OF
24. ALL OF WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA LIES IN THE TROPICS? TRUE OR FALSE.
25. THE HIV VIRUS CAUSING AIDS HAS SPREAD RAPIDLY IN THIS REGION? TRUE OR FALSE.