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 * Katie Questions about Africa (Chapter Two): ** __

**What is the weather like in the dry parts in the Sahara?**

Sometimes the sky will become dark, and the wind will start to blow and it carries clouds of dust and sand. These winds can reach up to 100 miles per hour. It is also very hot there, the average summertime tempurature is 90 degrees. ** How do you think a Tuareg's life might be different from that of one that lives near the Nile? **

People that live near the Nile get their salt from the Nile and use irragation from it, but people who are Tuareg's get there salt by dried up lakes and rivers becuase the salt remained when the river or lake dried up or evaporated.
 * In the Sahara in what ways do people react to the environmental conditions in different area's ? **

Some people move from place to place on the desert and use a lot of salt to make their food. Many farmers also have to use irragation which is a system that brings water from underground to their crops.

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 * In what ways are people trying to control the environment? **

To protect them from the sun they dress in robes and things like that over their heads because the sun could damage their skin. **Why do people use irrigation?**

People in the Sahara use irrigation to water their crops because it is very dry there, which is caused by lack of rain; so they need to use the underground water. Irrigation is a system of getting underground water above ground.

** How do dams affect farming?

Before they made these dams the rivers would flood and that would affect farming becuase it would flood the crops and field. So now that there isn't flooding they are able to raise better crops.

How is the land changing in the Sahel?

Vegetation is increasing and less rain is falling so it could cause erosion and many other things, such as desertification which is a change from productive land to desert.**

__I watched a video about a run in Sahara. They were trying to get from one end of the Sahara to the other in record time! They didn't say if they made it or not because there was only the first day, but by the way it was going on the first day I can asume that they did.__ Chapter Two Questions:


 * How is the Savanna different from the Sahara? Describe its location.**

​ ** The Sahara is almost always dry but the Savanna has seasons and it doesn't change, when it is dry season there is never rain. There are only two season's rain season and dry season. Also it has different

How do both herbivores and carnivores depend on the savanna?

Why are so many countries joining their national parks together?

How are national parks sometimes a problem for people of the savanna? In what ways do they help people of the savanna?

How does sustainable development help people and animals in Kruger National Park in South Africa?**

Chapter Three Questions


 * Characteristics of plant growth in the rain forest. Describe what you might see while walking in a rain forest. How might your skin feel? What might you hear?**


 * You might see plant, animals, and human settlemants, your skin would feel the water that you may be walking in, and temuratures change greatly depending on what season you are in.

Why are chimpanzees becoming endangered? Hunters are killing chimpanzees, that is why they are become endangered.

Describe

There are groups that are trying to protect these animals like the Project Protection of Gorillas, there are also more groups that rescue and raise orphaned chimpanzees.

How are the Baka people helping themselves and areas of the rain forest at the same time? They take care of the rain forest and create jobs for themselves at the same time.

In what ways is the Congo River important to the many people living there?**

**The Congo river provides electricity, people trade along it, fishermen set traps to trap fish.**

Chapter Four Questions:


 * How is the Great Rift Valley different from other regions in Africaf?

Name some of the ways tectonic activity is changing the land in this region?

How does temperature change as elevation changes?

What are some examples of wildlife found in Africa's great lakes?

What environmental problem has occurred in Lake Victoria? **