Geography of Central and Southern Africa

The Congo,Zimbabwe, and

South Africa

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Terms and People

Rain forest is a moist is and densely wooded area.

To migrate means

A migrant worker is a

ethnic groups are

A compound is a

In the center of Africa is the Congo Basin.

A basin is a place in which all the water flows down toward a center.

The Congo Basin is a wet is a densely forested area.

Travel in the Congo Basin is difficult even today. Civilizations developed late here.

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Nigeria Ethiopia

The Lakes

South Africa

The Sahara Desert has almost no population.

The Congo Basin has a

low population.

Examine this chart. What two

factors does it compare?

Many nations of

Central and Southern Africa are the worst places to live in the

world.

However, several of

these nations are better off,

but still below the

world average.

Health problems other than life-expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Central and Southern Africa are also among the worst areas in the

world for crime.

Zaire-Congo

Angola

Rhodesia-

Zimbabwe

Civil War 1.5 million dead

Civil War 3.5 million dead

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Civil Wars and

rebellions

Zambia

Botswana Namibia

South Africa

Ethnic cleansing & Destroyed

economy

What landform divides Africa into two major ethnic regions?

The Niger RiverThe Sahara DesertThe rainforest The Nile Delta

Who lives to the north of the Sahara Desert?

Arabs and Berbers

What great religious change began 500 years ago and is still occurring in Africa?

Islam is driving out animism.Animism is driving out Christianity.Christianity is driving out Islam.Animism is driving out Buddhism.

Which religion believes that trees is a rocks is a and bodies of water have spirits of their own?

Animism

What is the name of the geographical feature in which water flows downward and inward?

A rift valleyA basinA delta A savannah

What is the name of the geographical feature in which the Earth’s plates pull away from each other?

A rift valleyA mountainA volcanoA savannah

What large land feature makes living and travel difficult in central Africa?

The Great Rift ValleyThe Congo BasinThe Nile Delta The Great African Savannah

Around what geographical feature did most of Sub-Saharan Africa’s early civilizations develop ?

The Niger RiverThe Sahara DesertThe Great Rift ValleyThe central rainforests