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Sahara Desert

What is the world’s largest desert?

1,2

Terrible shortage of foodfor a long period of time

What is a famine?

1,3

unable to read or write

What is illiteracy?

1,4

1960s

When did most of the African nations become independent countries?

2,1

Mount Kilimanjaro

What is the highest mountain peak in Africa?

2,2

An American group that sends its members to help developing

countries

What is the Peace Corps?

2,3

Famine, farmers use traditional methods and

grow cash crops, civil wars, poortransportation

What are some causes of hunger in Africa?

2,4

Traditional/local, Christianity, Islam

What are the three major religions found in Africa ?

3,1

Nile River

What is the longest river in the world?

3,2

Takes place when soil is blown away by wind or washed away

by rain

What is erosion?

3,3

Diamond-fuelled wars that have killed over 4 million people,

destroyed countries, and displaced millions of people

What is the conflict diamonds or blood diamonds?

3,4

Small rural villages

Where do the majority of Africans live?

4,1

Nile, Niger, Congo, Zambezi

What are rivers that are all found in Africa?

4,2

Occurs when deserts grow largerand grasslands become smaller

What is desertification ?

4,3

53 countries

How many countries are located in Africa?

4,4

gold, oil, diamonds, copper

What are some important natural resources of Africa?

5,1

Area with culture of Middle East

How is North Africa different from the region south of the Sahara?

5,2

Region of dry grasslands south of the Sahara that stretches

from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea

What is the Sahel?

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rapid population growth hunger

desertification illiteracy disease

What are five serious problems found in Africa today?

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Approximately 841 million people

How many people live in Africa?