Sahel Case Study

Question 1

Where is the Sahel?

Answer 1

In Northern Africa

Question 2

What is the Sahel?

Answer 2

A vast semi-arid region of North Africa, to the south of the Sahara, which forms a transitional zone at the south of the desert.

Question 3

Is the Sahel an MEDC or an LEDC?

Answer 3

LEDC

Question 4

Give 4 examples of countries that are in the Sahel

Answer 4

1) Niger
2) Chad
3) Sudan
4) Mali

Question 5

What fraction of people in the Sahel are subsistence farmers?

Answer 5

2/3

Question 6

How many months a year does it rain for?

Answer 6

1-2

Question 7

What is treating even greater water stress?

Answer 7

A growing population

Question 8

What is leading to desertification?

Answer 8

Deforestation

Question 9

Why is deforestation leading to desertification?

Answer 9

It exposes the soil to the direct heat of the sun

Question 10

What is the average winter temperature in the Sahel?

Answer 10

25 degrees celcius

Question 11

What is the average summer temperature in the Sahel?

Answer 11

42 degrees celcius

Question 12

What two factors have led to desertification and deforestation?

Answer 12

over cropping and over grazing

Question 13

What is an intermediate technology solution?

Answer 13

Play pumps,. digguettes, afforestation, multicropping

Question 14

What is a Malian dance to honour the dead?

Answer 14

Dama

Question 15

How many hectares does the Sahel cover?

Answer 15

14.9 billion hectares