SSA Fast Facts Flashcards
(15 cards)
1
Q
- Africa’s relative location: It is located in all_____ hemispheres and is in the____ latitudes.
A
4 and low
2
Q
- Some of the countries in Central Africa include_____ ______ _________.
A
Kenya Uganda and Central African rebublic
3
Q
- Some of the countries in East Africa include _____ ______ ______.
A
Kenya Uganda and Somalia
4
Q
- S.S.A Consists mainly of_______.
A
Plateaus
5
Q
- The Sahara Desert is_________.
A
Expanding
6
Q
- The_______ __________ drains much of the rainforest basin.
A
Congo (Zaire) River
7
Q
- _____ ______ _______, in East Africa, can be described as a fertile valley that shapes 2 major lakes (Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika).
A
Great Rift Valley
8
Q
- S.S.A.’s climate regions can be described as_____ and mostly_____ throughout the continent.
A
Hot and dry
9
Q
- S.SA.’s products are____________ distributed from country to country.
A
Non evenly
10
Q
- West African kingdoms mainly traded______ and_____.
A
Gold and salt
11
Q
- True or false. Under European colonization of Africa, boundary lines didn’t consider ethnic groups or access to water or natural resources.
A
True
12
Q
- True or false. Imperialism in Africa caused African’s to become economically dependent on European nations.
A
True
13
Q
- Most African nations gained their independents after the____________.
A
Second World War
14
Q
- Europeans colonized Africa for their_______, _________, ________.
A
Natural resources, trade routes and shipping ports
15
Q
- Slave traders included _______ _________ and_________ from about the 1400’s to 1800’s.
A
Africans, Arabs and Europeans
