WORLD GEOGRAPHY CHAPTERS 18-19 EXAM RATED 100% CORRECT

WORLD GEOGRAPHY CHAPTERS 18-19 EXAM RATED 100% CORRECT Sahara-Answer-the largest desert in the world, stretching 3,000 miles across the African continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and measuring 1,200 miles from north to south. Area where temperatures can reach 122*F in the summer and fall below freezing at night in the winter. aquifer-Answer-an underground layer of rock that stores water oasis-Answer-a place where water from an aquifer has reached the surface; it supports vegetation and wildlife Serengeti Plain-Answer-an area of East Africa, (tropical grassland area in north-central Tanzania containing some of the best grasslands in the world and many grazing animals, most likely able to gaze at a wildebeest through tall grass canopy-Answer-the area encompassing the tops of the trees in a rain forest, about 150 feet above ground, also an area of the rain forest you would find most of the animals Niger delta-Answer-area of Nigeria with rich oil deposits, severely damaged as a result of drilling for oil Sahel-Answer-a narrow band of dry grassland, running east to west on the southern edge of the Sahara, that is used for farming and herding desertification-Answer-an expansion of dry conditions to moist areas that are next to deserts. term used to indicate a shift of the desert Aswan High Dam-Answer-on the Nile river in Egypt, completed in 1970, which increased Egypt's farmable land by 50% and protected it from droughts and floods, problems have occurred by decreased silt deposits on the surrounding farmlands. Built to regulate the water supply along the Nile River silt-Answer-loose sedimentary material containing very small rock particles, formed by river deposits and very fertile Olduvai Gorge-Answer-a site of fossil beds in northern Tanzania, containing the most continuous known record of humanity over the past 2 million years, including fossils from 65 hominids Aksum-Answer-an important trading capital from the first to the eighth centuries A.D. in what is now Ethiopia; it flourished due to its location near the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean Berlin Conference-Answer-meeting of 14 European nations held in in Berlin, Germany, to establish rules for political control and the dividing up of Africa, among European nations cash crop-Answer-crop grown for direct sale, and not for use in a region, such as coffe, tea, and sugar in Africa Masai-Answer-an East African ethnic group that lives on the grasslands of the rift valley in Kenya and Tanzania where most herd livestock and farmed the land. Known for their intricate beadwork and jewelry with long pierced ear lobes pandemic-Answer-a disease affecting a large population over a wide geographic area Carthage-Answer-one of the great empires of ancient Africa, situated on a triangular peninsula on the Gulf of Tunis on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. a contributing factor to its greatness was its geographic location Islam-Answer-a monotheistic religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad, and the biggest cultural and religious influence in North Africa rai-Answer-a kind of popular Algerian music developed in the 1920s by poor urban children that is fast-paced with danceable rhythms; was sometimes used as a form of rebellion to expose political unhappiness Goree Island-Answer-off the coast of Senegal that served as a major departure point for slaves during the slave trade stateless society-Answer-one in which people use lineages, or families whose members are descended from a common ancestor, to govern themselves Ashanti-Answer-a people who live in what is now Ghana, in West Africa, and who are known for their artful weaving of colorful asasia, of kente cloth Bantu migrations-Answer-Key event in African history that produced a diversity of cultures, while serving to link the continent together. the movement of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea Kente Cloth-Answer-The craft the Ashanti are most famous for Gold and salt-Answer-products responsible for the development of the trading empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai