SS7G3: Population Distribution in Africa

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What would BEST account for the lack of population in the southwestern portion of Africa? Options: The Sahara Desert, The Kalahari Desert, dense tropical rainforests, repeated volcanic activity

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The Kalahari Desert

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Which is the BEST explanation for the geographic location of the these ancient Egyptian cities and towns?

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They were all located along the Nile because of irrigation, trade, and transportation.

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What is the BEST explanation for the population density in the red circled area?

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The region is home to trade, industry, and adequate precipitation.

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The origins of the Trans-Saharan Slave Trade can be traced back to the migration of the Berber people of Northern Africa. However, their success in navigating the trade routes across the Sahara Desert is directly tied to which animal?

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the camel

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The area indicated with the red arrow has a very low population density because it

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is dominated by desert.

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Which factor is MOST LIKELY to have had the greatest impact on human settlement patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa? Options: proximity to the region's numerous coal mines, proximity to water sources needed for subsistence farming, political boundaries created during European colonization, urbanization resulting from the growth of the oil industry in the region

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proximity to water sources needed for subsistence farming

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Why are the majority of Sub-Saharan African cities located along major rivers and the coast?

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they needed access to bodies of water for trade

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Which African region has been negatively affected by commercial logging, excessive fuel wood consumption, and slash and burn farming techniques?

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the rainforest

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Until the mid-20th century the largest impediment to trade between area "1" and area "2" on the map was

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geography.

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People in the Democratic Republic of Congo would be MOST affected by which of these? tsunamis, earthquakes, desert conditions, rainforest conditions

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rainforest conditions