Africa Midterm

tropics

90% of Africa lies in the

ice sheets cover

98% of Antarctica

the sahel

A narrow band of dry grassland on the southern edge of the Sahara is

dry climate or Serengeti Plain

An area not suited for trees and crops

Niger Delta

An area of Nigeria with rich oil deposits

precipetation

Antarctica is a desert bc it gets almost no

Southern ocean

Antarctica is surrounded by the

coldest place on earth

Antarctica is the

contient

Antarctica is the southernmost

Abe Simbel

Bc of construction in Egypt, one of it's ancient treasure had to be moved

South America

Closest continent to antarctica is

Which of the following led to the decline of the kingdom of Mali?

Competing gold fields were discovered farther east.

Wellington is on

Cook strait

never sets

During the summer in antarctica the sun

silt

Fertility of soil around the Nile has decreased because the river long longer deposits its rich

Which of these places was the departure point for slaves from the mid-1500s to the mid-1800s?

Goree island

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Highest mountain in Africa

magnetic south pole

In 1907 Ernest Shackleton led the first expedition to the

Sahel

In Arabic this means "shore of the desert"

albatrosses

It is a bird that has webbed feet and can fly for long periods of time

arctic fern

It is a bird that migrates from the North pole to the South pole and back each year

The lowest point in Australia is

Lake eyre

Lake Victoria

Longest lake in Africa

Nile

Longest river in Africa

The indigenous people of New Zealand are

Maori

The logest river in Australia is the

Murray Darling

Cape of good hope

Name the southern tip of Africa

Nauru was also known as

Pleasant island

The Great Zimbabwe was established around A.D. 1000 by the

Shona

Aswan high dam

Since this was built Egypt's farm able land has increased by 55%

The southern alps are on

South island in New Zeland

Sahara (location)

Spans the continent of Africa from the Atlantic ocean to the red sea

The walking capital of the world in not on

Stewart island

The largest city in Australia is

Sydney

A bird we larned about in New Zeland is a

Takahe

canopy

The highest level of the rain forest is the

Congo basin

The major rain forests sit on the Equator in the are of the

south pole

The southern most point of Earth is the

camel

This animal is called "the ship of the desert"

Bactrain

This camel has two humps

Taureg

This ethnic group is known as the "blue men of the desert"

Mbuti

This ethnic group lives in the rain forest and are pygmies

rain forest

This is a dense forest found in wet tropical regions

Khat

This is a shrubby plants chewed to achieve a state of euphoria

Savanna

This is a tropical grassland

Sahara (size)

This is the largest desert in the world

Kalahari Desert

What desert covers a large part of Botswana?

Madagascar

Where is the Aye- Aye found?

South Sudan

Which African country has three capitals?

Egypt

Which country will you find a sphinx?

equator

Which line of latitude runs through the center of Africa

botanist

a biologist specializing in the study of plants

crevasse

a deep cleft in the ice of a glacier

alpine glacier

a glacier that forms on the mountains

blizzard

a heavy snowstorm

balaclava

a knitted hat covering the head and face

glacier

a large mass broken off land into the sea

Nelson Mandela

a member of the African National Congress, was the first black president of South Africa, a prisoner for 27 years

strait

a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water

atoll

a ring shaped coral island with several islands linked by underwater coral reefs

snow forms glaciers

accumulated

Antarctic circle

an imaginary line circling the globe at 66.5

fjords

are deep inlets with steep sides, formed by glaciers

Te Anau is the na,e of the

caves of rushing water in Maori

Garden city is a nickname for

christchurch

Auckland is known as the

city of sails

a synonym for theory is

conjecture

A sacred aboriginal ceremony w/ music and dancing

corroboree

Australia is sixth largest

country

ice sheets

cover much of Antarctica and Greenland

The great barrier reef is being plauges by the

crown of thorns

Walpiri is made using

dots lines circles and swirls

Laptia pottery supports the idea that

early settlers arrived w/ animals

desertification

fertile lands become desert die to erosion, overgrazing, etc.

blue

glacial ice appears

Vanatu is the most affected by

global warming

The eucalptas tree is also known as a

gum tree

iceberg

ice mass has broken off into sea

ice shelf

is a thick ice that floats on the ocean

the main natural resource of New Zealand is

lumber

research stations

many countries have

A kangaroo is a

marsupial

Koala is a

marsupial in Australia

A cowboy not referred to a

mate in Australia

This is a fertile spot in the desert

oasis

meterologists

one who reports and forecasts weather conditions

Commonwealth Nations would be describes as a

peacekeeping group

Dugong is an endangered

plant eating marine animal

North island has the greatest

population

Oceania is outside the

ring of fire

Victorua and Tasmania is

separated by the Bass strait

A slow moving tree dweller w/ a prehensile tail is a

spotted cuscus

There are only 2

straits in New Zealand

biologist

studies like and living organisms

0 degreses longitude is

the prime meridian

paleontologist

the study of forms of life

echidnas have an elongated

third claw

The capital of New south wales is

victoria

The Kingdom of Benin, which arose in what is Nigeria today, are known for their best works

which were Benin "bronzes" which included masks, jewelry and statues.

a lagoon is a

wide land of water that lies between the shore and the main area of reef development