Monday, March 23, 2015

Chp 18 Main Ideas pg 428

1. The Nile river gives the people transportation, and a lot of trading as well as providing good irrigation for farmers' crops and drinking water.

2. Abundant resources in Africa are gold, platinum, cobalt, copper, phosphates and diamonds. There is also oil and coffee.

3. Angolan oil doesn't always benefit Angolans because American oil companies pay them for drilling rights and the oil. They have so much oil that they would surpass Nigeria as the most oil rich country in Africa.

4. 20% of the Sahara is desert and the rest is plains and gravelly areas, and many mountains

5. Rain forest area gets the most precipitation, the rest of Africa  gets one or two rainy seasons, closer to the equator the longer the rainy season.

6. The Serengeti plain supports much of Africa's wildlife because the abundance of grass makes it ideal for grazing animals and herds to roam.

7. Some benefits of the rainforest are that it is home to many species of birds, plants, trees, animals,


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