Africa Geography Vocabulary

The number of people living in a given area is _______ ______?

• Ethnic Group

• Religious Group

• Population Density

• Slash and Burn

Which religion began in the Middle East and is based on the teachings of Muhammed?

• Judaism

• Islam

• Christianity

• Traditional African Religion

What is a group of people that share the same belief system?

• Religious Group

• Ethnic Group

• Population Group

• Muslims

A source of this includes: trash, waste, industrial run-off, chemicals, and other materials piped into water.

• Savanna

• Famine

• Degradation

• Water Pollution

What is only growing enough food to feed one's self and one's family?

• Degradation

• Subsistence Agriculture

• Slash and Burn farming

• Drought

What is the process of an area becoming more like a desert?

• Deforestation

• Degradation

• Desertification

• Drought

Which monotheistic religion began in the Middle East and is based on the teachings of Jesus?

• Christianity

• Judaism

• Islam

• Traditional African Religion

What is the world's largest hot desert that is found in Northern Africa?

• Savanna

• Sahel

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Sahara

What term is described by the starvation of people due to lack of food?

• Sanitation

• Slash and Burn Agriculture

• Famine

• Subsistence Agriculture

Which environmental area in Africa is located near the equator and has a near continuous hot/wet climate?

• Sahel

• Sahara

• Savanna

• Tropical Rain Forest