Africa S Ethnic Groups and Religions

Africa Geography Webquest! https://www.courses.psu.edu/test/test100_hkr/AFIM/Main_HTML/M.html

1. Click on Climate in the table of contents. a. What percentage of Africa has inadequate precipitation? ______b. What climate seems to be the largest? ______c. What is the climate in the Sahara? ______d. What is the climate in the Sahel? ______e. What is the climate in the Savanna? ______f. What is the climate in the Rainforest? ______

2. Click on Countries in the table of contents. a. How many regions are there in Africa? ______b. How many countries? ______c. List 3 countries in each region. -Northern: ______-Western: ______-Eastern: ______-Central: ______-Southern: ______

3. Click on Ethnic Groups in the table of contents. a. How many ethnic groups are in each region? -Northern: ______-Western: ______-Eastern: ______-Central: ______-Southern: ______b. Which regions have members of the Arab ethnic group? ______c. What are the four ethnic groups WE discussed? ______

4. Click on History in the table of contents.

Click on Map #10 a. During the partitioning of Africa, which two European countries received the most land? ______b. What is the difference between the partitioned Africa and the decolonized Africa in Map #12? ______

5. Click on the Languages in the table of contents. a. What seem to be the three main languages throughout Africa? ______6. Click on Vegetation in the table of contents.

Click on “Natural Vegetation” a. Africa’s natural vegetation is ______about the equator. What does this mean? Explain. ______

7. Click on Religions in the table of contents.

Click on Map #1 a. Which religion covers nearly all of North Africa?______b. Which religion is mainly in South Africa?______c. What part of Africa contains mostly indigenous and Christian religions?______

Click on Map #2 – Each country’s religious groups are identified with a pie chart. a. The northern part of Africa is predominantly ______. b. The southern part of Africa is predominantly ______.

Click on Map #3 a. What religion(s) are predominantly found in each region? (Use the pie chart!). - Northern ______- Western ______- Central ______- Eastern ______- Southern______

Click on the Religion Table – Use the chart to answer these questions: a. Which religions are predominantly found in the following countries? Write the percentage next to each religion in that country. For Example: - Nigeria: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, Indigenous 10%

- Egypt:

- South Africa:

- Sudan:

- Democratic Republic of the Congo:

- Kenya:

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