regions and countries

Question 1

• North West Region
• seperates mediterranean coastal region from sahara desert

Answer 1

Atlas mountain Range

Question 2

Northern region

• spans the entire width of Africa
• Largest desert in the world
• Few people live there with exception to nomads and traders
• Rolling sand dunes and rocky hills

camels

Answer 2

Sahara Desert

Question 3

South of the sahara desert

Dry semi arid region

Very little rain

overgrazing and cutting down trees

It’s turning into a desert (desertification)

Answer 3

Sahel

Question 4

The central coast

hot humid climate

trees hundreds of feet tall

people cutting down trees are threatning the ecosystem

wide variety of plant and animal life

Answer 4

Tropical Rainforest

Question 5

Middle of Africa, close to equator

vast area of grassland

Lions ,hippos,zebras,and elephants

lack of rain causes difficulty for farmers

tropical climate

wet and dry season

Answer 5

Savanna

Question 6

southern region

surrounded by semi -arid land

Becoming dryer

Answer 6

Kalihari Desert

Question 7

Longest river in the world

empties into medditeranean

flows south to north

Answer 7

Nile river

Question 8

west central through rainforest

begins lake tanganyiline end in atlantic ocean

Answer 8

Congo river

Question 9

3rd largest river in africa

delta has large amounts of oil

Answer 9

Niger river

Question 10

one of the largest/deepest lakes

Answer 10

Lake Tanganyika

Question 11

victoria falls

one of the largest lakes in surface area

Answer 11

Lake victoria