Unit 7 Test Prep

Find the Nile River.

Find the Horn of Africa

Find Lake Victoria

Find the Kalahari Desert

Which area represents the Sahel?

The Chukwu family lives in a rural place and grows just enough food to feed the family. What term describes the family's work?

• Commercial Farming

• Inland Farming

• Subsistence Farming

Which factors contribute to desertification?

• global climate change

• removal of plants from soil

• construction of irrigation canals

• overwateringde

How did lakes form in Africa?

• erosion

• construction of dams

• separation of tectonic plates

Why is the Serengeti (a savanna) important for the economies of Kenya and Tanzania?

• It's a major trade route.

• It attracts tourists who come to see wildlife.

• It is the main farmland.

Which human activity is the largest threat to wildlife in the Congo Basin (the area around the Congo River and Rainforest)

• Deforestation: Cutting down trees

• Mining

• Overfishing