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| Question | Answer |
| where does desertification mostly happen? | answer; the sahel region |
| what is desertification? | the process of the desert expanding into areas that had been farmland. |
| 1- cause of desertification? | overgrazing of livestock |
| 2-cause of desertification? | poor agricultural practices |
| 3-cause of desertification | droughts |
| 4-cause of desertification 5-cause of desertification | slash and burnn policy /cutting down trees/land clearing draining of surface water and underground water for industrial and home use |
| what are the 4 environmental concerns? | 1-water quality 2-africas dir 3-africas deserts 4-africas mining |
| unequal water distribution | cause and effect^ |
| not enough water for irrigation cause> Effect> | cities need lots of water farmers suffer less food to trade and eat |
| problems with trade cause> effect> | ;lanlocked countries can trade as well ;economy suffers |
| problems with the indusrty cause> effect> | industries need water :they shut down then people wont have jobs |
| not enough clean drinking water cause> effect> | polluted people get sick and wildlife suffers along with the economy |
| where people live 4 categories? | specific area? |
| desert | northern morrocoo,algeria,egypt and along te meditteranean coast |
| sahel | east atlantic coast/along the nile |
| savanna | along the coast /along the nile |
| *tropical rainforest * | around lake tanganyika,and nigeria |
| work in the desert and how they travel | selling handmade rug and other merchandise /salttrader travel-walking,trucks now replacing camels and airplanes |
| work in the sahel and travel | iron ore uranium mines subsience farming and herding livestock travel-walking,bike, animal carts,some cars,trucks and railroad services |
| work in the savanna/travel | subsistence farming a nd nomadic herding trains buses and walking |
| tropical rainforest travel | hunting and selling the meat oil industry government subsistence farming and nomadic herding travel-cars,buses,trains,walking and biking |
| religions | known for |
| what do ethnic groups share | religion.food.language.celebrations |
| religious groups share.... | beleif in god/gods |
| what are the 4 groups | arabs,bantu,ashantiand swahili |
| where are the arabs located and what religion do they follow | located-egypt and north africa follow islam |
| ashanti- | located-ghana religion-christianity and islam |
| bantu- | located-just south of the sahara and southern africa religion-muslim and christian |
| swahili | located-east coast of africa religion-islam |
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