Africa's Ethnic Groups & Environmental Issues

What is one part of Africa that is experiencing major problems with desertification?

• Nile River region

• Sahel

• Savanna

• Tropical Rainforest

What is ‘desertification’?

• growing desert area

• process of dry land becoming desert

• overpopulation of the desert area

• decrease of desert area

The absence of rainfall is referred to as ________.

• drought

• famine

• flash flood

• deforestation

Since the 1990s, more than 90% of West African rainforests have been cut down. What is this process called?

• pollution

• desertification

• flash flooding

• deforestation

Industrial waste, agricultural runoff, and human/animal sewage leads to which of the following?

• Fair allocation of water

• Water regulations

• Water pollution

• Economic stability

The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of

channels.

• Irrigation

• Water Pollution

• Drought

• Desertification

Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and the manufacture of goods in factories.

• industry

• deforestation

• desertification

• population distribution

The action of clearing a wide area of trees.

• population distribution

• desertification

• industry

• deforestation

Why is farming so difficult in the Sahel?

• Government programs have moved too many people to the area.

• No rain falls in the region.

• Little rain falls in the region.

• Too many animals live in the Sahel.

What is one major problem facing those who depend on the Nile River for their water?

• pollution

• desertification

• flash flooding

• deforestation