Africa: position, population and economy
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write three of Africa’s natural zones.
Equatorial forest, savanna, desert (or semi-desert).
2
Why is desertification dangerous in the Sahel?
Pastures and farmland shrink, drought and hunger grow, and people move away.
3
Africa has 1.5 billion, the world 8 billion. What percent is Africa (rounded to a whole number)?
1.5 ÷ 8 ≈ 19 %.
4
Compare North and Tropical Africa by two features.
North – Arabs, Islam, relatively developed; Tropical – hundreds of peoples, varied religions, many less developed states.
5
Why is relying on a single crop risky? Explain with an example.
If the price falls or the harvest is bad, income drops sharply; for example, falling cocoa prices impoverish Ghana’s farmers.