Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
17 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich phrase best describes the Sahara region?hot, dry desertrolling grasslandtropical rainforestscattered grassland and scrub brush
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a nomad?plantation owners who live along the coastindustrial workers who live in African citiesone who wanders from place to place to find food and waterthose who live and farm in the villages on the edge of the desert
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat has been the most reliable way to get across the Sahara over the centuries?horsecamelwagonrailroad
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name for a desert area that gets some rainfall or where there is a spring?oasisTuaragnomadsavanna
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich phrase best describes the Sahel?an area that borders the desertrolling grasslands and low hillsa desert made up of high sand dunescleared land that was once rainforest
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhy is farming so difficult in the African Sahel?No rain falls in the Sahel at all.Thick grass makes farming difficult.Rainfall can vary widely from year to year.Farm animals in the Sahel eat up all the crops.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most common way people make a living in the Sahel?loggingfishing and shipbuildingcaravan trade in gold and saltherding and subsistence farming
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich is a consequence of cutting down trees for fuel in the Sahel?civil wardesertificationoverpopulationwealthy loggers
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow large is the region known as the African Sahel?The Sahel is found along the Mediterranean coast.The Sahel makes up the southern half of the country.The Sahel is found just along the west coast of the continent.The region extends from the Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean just south of the Sahara Desert.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich phrase best describes the savanna?a semi-arid region just south of the Sahara Desertan area of harsh desert in the north of the continentgrasslands making up half of the African continentan area of fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich is found on the African savanna?a heavy jungle canopya wide variety of animalsdry areas with just an occasional oasislots of commercial logging businesses
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the greatest danger for the African savanna today?seasonal fireslogging industriesthe annual droughtactivities of people
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich phrase BEST describes the rainforest?hot and dry desertsemi-arid farmlandrolling grassy plainshumid and warm with thick vegetation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceIn what part of Africa is the largest rainforest found?the Nile River basinthe Niger River basinthe Congo River basinthe Mediterranean coast
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the definition of "deforestation"?eliminating a species of an animalcreating nature preserves to protect forestscutting down and clearing trees from the areaforcing people to move from cities into traditional forest villages
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does it mean if a plant or animal becomes extinct?It begins to smell very bad.That type of animal can be used for food.That type of animal becomes too numerous.There are no more of that type of plant or animal alive in the world.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich is a factor in the destruction of the African rainforest?annual grass firesareas of decreasing desertrapidly growing populationdecreased use of wood as fuel
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags