African Geography Test – Flashcards
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| How many languages are spoken in Africa? |
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| There are between 2,000 and 3,000 languages, 8,000 dialects, and four language families |
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| When did modern humans leave Africa? |
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| 100,000 years ago |
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| When did African people migrate to Europe? |
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| 30,000 years ago |
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| When did New Zealand became inhabited? |
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| 700 years ago |
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| How does Africa compare to other continents in size? |
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| It's the second largest continent |
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| What are the five major human groups? |
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| Khoisan, Pygmy, White, Black, Indonesian |
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| What are the five climates of Africa? |
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| Rain forest, savanna, steppe, desert, and mediterranean |
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| When and where did the Dutch first arrive? |
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| 1652 on the Cape of Good Hope |
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| Who did the Dutch meet when they first arrived here? |
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| They were met by the Koisans. |
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| What might have happened if the Dutch were met by the Xhosa when they first arrived? |
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| The Dutch probably would have been attacked. |
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| What started in 1702? |
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| Fierce fighting began. There were nine wars over 175 years. The Dutch advanced less than 1 mile per year to subdue the Xhosa. |
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| Who was King Leopold? |
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| He was the king of Belgium who lead the first holocaust. 8-10 million died. |
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| What two elements played a big part in the first human rights movement? |
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| Photography, and political cartoons. |
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| What is the Great Rift Valley? |
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| It's a growing crack in eastern Africa on the edge of a plate. It will keep growing until it's eventually filled with water. |
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| Where is Africa located in terms of Tectonic Plates? |
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| Africa is on its own plate. |
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| Africa is known as a stable continent because... |
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| It was the center/cornerstone of Pangaea, and there are very very few natural disasters and mountains. |
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| What is the deal with Africa and Plateaus? |
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| Africa itself is a giant plateau with many plateaus on top of it. |
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| How much taller is Africa than other continents? |
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| 1/4 mile taller |
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| Which African state is a landlocked plateau? |
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| Losotho |
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| What geological description classifies as tropical? |
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| In between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn |
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| Information on the Sahara Desert? |
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| The desert ranges in temperature from 150 degrees F during the day to 50 degrees F at night. The Sahara spreads from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean and grows 20 miles each year. |
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| Sudan Desert |
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| Savannah and has two extreme seasons (rainy and desert) |
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| Namib Desert |
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| Has pink sand, runs north and south, and has the "yoga" beetles. |
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| Kalahari Desert |
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| Covers almost all of Botswana (about the size of Italy) |
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| What is 'Division'? |
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| It's the line that divides Arabian Africa (Muslim) and Black Africa. |
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| Mt. Kilimanjaro |
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| Largest mountain in Africa, located in Tanzania. 19,340 ft. tall |
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| Lake Victoria |
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| Second largest fresh water lake in the world; source of the White Nile; surrounded by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania |
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| Lake Tanganyika |
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| World's LONGEST freshwater lake; 420 miles long |
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| Lake Malawi |
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| Also known as Lake Nyasa; third greatest lake in the world; has fish that are found no where else in the world. |
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| Nile River |
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| Longest river in the world; flows north |
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| The Congo River |
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| 2,914 miles long; also known as the Zaire River; deepest river in the world |
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| The Niger River |
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| 2,590 miles long; largest river in western Africa |
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| Zambezi River |
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| Fourth longest river in Africa; formed Victoria Falls |
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| How much of Africa is covered in Rain Forest? |
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| 8% on the Equator |
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| Sudd Swamp |
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| 200 miles long and 225 miles wide |
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| Atlas Mountains |
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| Located in the very north on the eastern side (plural: Atlai) |
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| Drakensburg Mountains |
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| Located on the Southern tip |
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| Ruwenzori Mountains |
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| Located in Central/Eastern Africa |
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| Mount Kenya |
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| Located in Kenya; 17,058 ft. tall |
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| Chokepoint |
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| A straight; narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water |
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| Escarpment |
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| a sudden difference of the level of land. Similar to a cliff, but not very steep |
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| Colony |
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| a territory under the immediate political control of a state |
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| Colonialism |
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| control by one power over a dependent area or people |
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| Imperialism |
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| the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries and dependicies. It's an expanditionist part... |
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| Ethnocentric |
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| belief in the inherent superiority of one's own group and culture |
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| Ethnic Group |
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| A group of people who identify with another, or so identified with others, on the basis of a boundary that distinguishes them from other groups. (Racial, cultural, linguistic, economic, religious, and political) |
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| Migration |
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| a number or body of persons or animals migrating together |
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| nomad |
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| a member of the people who have no permanent home, but move about according to the seasons |
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| Refugee |
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| an exile who flees for safety |
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| Rift Valley |
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| a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between NEARLY parallel faults or fault systems. |
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| Desert |
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| arid, barren, sandy region unable to support almost any kind of life |
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| Desertification |
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| the spread of desert-like conditions into semi-arid lands |
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| Arid |
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| very dry |
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| Sahel |
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| on the edge of Sahara(Southern), part-time desert; has two extreme climates |
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| Oasis/Wadi |
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| an isolated spot in a desert where water is found |
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| Savanna |
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| a tropical grassland |
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| Rain Forest |
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| a type of thick evergreen forest found in areas of heavy rainfall |
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| Drought |
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| a prolonged period of abnormally low precipitation; a shortage of water resulting from this |
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| Cash Crop |
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| a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower |
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| Landlocked |
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| a place that is enclosed or nearly enclosed by land. EX: Montana |
