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AFRICA:

LPS GEOGRAPHY STANDARD 4.2 review

LPS Standard 4.2 Objectives

4.2.1 Define weathering and erosion

4.2.2 Identify world climate regions and their characteristicsｷｷ Tropical (Rainforest, Grassland or Savanna)

ｷｷ Dry/Arid (Desert)

ｷｷ Moderate/Mid-latitude

ｷｷ Continental (Humid, Subtropical)

ｷｷ Polar (Tundra, Icecap)

ｷｷ Highlands (Mountainous)

4.2.3 Define ecosystem and biome

4.2.4 Analyze how climates and ecosystems affect settlement patterns

4.2.5 Describe how humans impact ecosystems

4.2.6 Describe how weathering, erosion, and desertification shape the geography of Africa

Ecosystems ClimatesHuman

Impact on Ecosystems

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Ecosystems - 200

Warm plentiful rainfall with tall trees that form a dense canopy above.

Ecosystems - 200 answer

What is Tropical Rainforest?

Ecosystems - 400

Warm all year, wet and dry seasons, grassland with

scattered trees and other plants.

Ecosystems - 400 answer

What is Tropical Grassland (acc. Savanna)?

Ecosystems - 600

Scarce rainfall, extreme temperatures, cactus,

etc.

Ecosystems - 600 answer

What is desert?

Ecosystems - 800

Always cool or cold, specialized plants like

lichens, mosses, no trees.

Ecosystems - 800 answer

What is tundra?

Ecosystems - 1000

What three things interact and combine to form an

ecosystem?

Ecosystems - 1000 answer

What are plants, animals and the physical environment in which they live?

Climates - 200

Water that falls to the earth’s surface.

Climates - 200 answer

What is precipitation?

Climates - 400

Day on which the sun is directly overhead the

earth’s equator.

Climates - 400 answer

What is an equinox?

Climates - 600

What prevents the sun’s heat from escaping back into

space too quickly?

Climates - 600 answer

What is the atmosphere?

Climates - 800

Climate regions are classified mainly on the basis of

several things. Name 2 of those things.

Climates - 800 answer

What are: elevation, seasonal temperature (acc. Temperature), precipitation, and

latitude?

Climates - 1000

The rotation of the earth causes winds to blow in

curved lines. What is this called?

Climates - 1000 answer

What is the Coriolis Effect?

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 200

The Aswan High is one of these… used to control

flooding on the Nile River.

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 200 answer

What is a dam?

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 400

Destruction of this ‘transition’ region has been caused by overgrazing of cattle and

other livestock.

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 400 answer

What is the Sahel?

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 600

The two most common economic activities in all of

sub-Saharan Africa.

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 600 answer

What are subsistence farming and nomadic herding?

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 800

Kenya has promoted economic growth by encouraging the

planting of coffee and tea. The term for products like coffee and

tea to be sold in a commercial market is _______ ________.

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 800 answer

What are cash crops?

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 1000

When sands encroach on land with vegetation,

what is the process that occurs known as?

Human Impact on Ecosystems - 1000 answer

What is desertification?

Africa Just Because - 200

Africa has hundreds of these which make communication

difficult at times.

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What are languages?

Africa Just Because - 400

Travel from the interior of Africa to the coasts via

river can be difficult because of these.

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What are waterfalls (acc. Cataracts)?

Africa Just Because - 600

What two European Countries held the most colonial

possessions in Africa at the beginning of the 20th

century?

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What are France and Great Britain?

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The Libyan, Namib, and Kalahari are examples of

this type of biome.

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What are deserts?

Africa Just Because - 1000

Besides drought and starvation, what has been the number one killer of Africans for the past several decades?

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What is AIDS?

Terms - 200

Elevated land with a flat or gently rolling surface. Most of Africa is this.

Terms - 200 answer

What is a Plateau?

Terms - 400

Another name for a major type of ecosystem.

Terms - 400 answer

What is a biome?

Terms - 600

Maple, Oak, Elm, Ash, etc. are all examples of this

kind of tree.

Terms - 600 answer

What are deciduous trees?

Terms - 800

Another word for cliff.

Terms - 800 answer

What is an escarpment?

Terms - 1000

A type of ‘scrubby’ vegetation found in dry

regions and particularly a Mediterranean climate.

Terms - 1000 answer

What is chaparral?

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The area around the Equator experiences virtually no wind. What is the name of this ‘windless’ phenomenon that historically sailors hated?

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What are the “Doldrums”?