Africa, pt.1 [North Africa, Transition Zone, and East Africa]

The Atlas Mountains

Africa’s longest mountain range.

Regs

Western Sahara is covered by ____ \[stony plains covered with rocky gravel\]

Shore, Coast

The Sahel: Region in the TZ that \[meaning “_____” or “_______” in Arabic\]

4, 8

The Sahel receives little rainfall \[_ to _ inches annually\].

The Great Rift Valley

A crack in the Earth’s surface formed by shifting and separating tectonic plates.

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Highest Point in Africa.

90, 3

Today, more than __% of Egypt’s people live in the Nile Delta even though the area covers only _% of Egypt’s land.

Lake Victoria

__ _____is the second-largest freshwater lake in the world.

Oasis

Place in the desert where underground water surfaces.

Hieroglyphics

Developed a calendar with a 365-year and a system of writing known as _____________.

Berlin Conference

1800s- the ___ _______ was held to regulate European colonization in Africa.

300,000

Sudan- Tensions between Muslims and the secular government have led to a conflict in which nearly __________ people died between 1983 and 2005.

Arabian Peninsula

700s- Traders from the ____ established colonies along the coast of EA. They established their language, the Islamic religion, and slave trade.

Rwandan

In this violent outbreak, called the ____ genocide, the Hutus killed around 800,000 Tutsi people in 100 days.

The Berbers

Largest group of indigenous people in North Africa \[15 million\].

The Nile River Valley

____ is one of the world’s most densely populated areas.

East Africa

____ has a very diverse population with many different indigenous peoples and people from other countries.

Arabic, Muslim

Much of the region speaks ---- and is part of the ---- faith.

Animist Cultures

____ believe all elements of nature, such as animals and mountains, have spirits.

Patriarchal

Families are ____, or headed by a male family member.

English, French, Lingua Franca

There are hundreds of indigenous languages spoken in Eastern Africa, but ---- and ---- serve as a ---- ----\[Common Language\].

Subsistence Farming:

When a farmer grows crops primarily to feed their family, selling any small surplus.

Agriculture, 90

The majority of jobs in East Africa are in ---- \[--% in most places\].

Ecotourism

Tourism based on concern for the environment is an important part of the economy.