Kelley

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__ Questions: __
 * 1) What is the weather like in the dry parts of the Sahara?
 * 2) How do you think a Tuareg's life might be different from that of someone who lives along the Nile?
 * 3) In what ways do people react to environmental conditions in different areas of the Sahara? In what ways are people trying to control their environment?
 * 4) Why do farmers use irrigation?
 * 5) How do dams affect farming?
 * 6) How is the land changing in the Sahel?


 * 1) In the dry parts of the Sahara the weather is burning hot. The average temperature is 90 degrees F. The highest temperature can get up to 136 degress F. That's just in the Summer. During the Winter, the temperature is around 50-60 degrees F. For an Iowan, that would be heaven in the Winter.

2. I think that a Tuaregs life would be different than someone living near the Nile because they do not have as much water supply with them, as much as someone living right near water would. Tuaregs are people who travel through the desert looking for natural recources, like salt. People that live near the Nile, farm, because they have plenty of water supply to support there crops. House near the Nile.

3. If you are living on the Nile, you most likley will be farming. The people that do live near, farm because they have the water supply to support their crops so they don't die, and they would have food supply to eat. If you live with a Caravan, you would have to supply your own water resource, because you can't find much water in the desert. While in a Caravan, the people mine for resources, such as salt. Tuareg.

4. Farmers use irrigation, because irrigation brings water to thier crops. The people dug canals to connect the river to the farmland. They did this because the river was not always reliable. The river wasn't reliable always, because there would sometimes be a drought. A drought is a long period with out water.

5. The dams affect farming because with the dam the lake can be used year-round to irrigate farmland. This helps farms in times of drought, which could possibly destroy crops. With out the dam, famers could lose money, because they wouldn't be able to provide crops, that they eat and sale.

6. The land in Sahel is changing because there is little rain fall. The climate changes in different times of years, like they do here. Except for snow during the winter though, they get nothing, the land becomes dry, and they aren't able to farm. Most people raise Cattle in this area, but the cattle eats the grass and plants, and it makes it hard to provide. Without trees, and grass there is nothing to hold the soil, so the soil could get blown away, this is called erosion. Sahel

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​ AFRICA SAVANNA:
 * 1) How is the savanna differnt from the Sahara? Describe its location.
 * 2) How do both herbivores and carnivores depend on the savanna?
 * 3) Why are so many countries joining their national parks together?
 * 4) How are national parks sometimes a problem for people of the savanna? In what ways do they help people of the savanna?
 * 5) How does sustainable development help people and animals in Kruger National Park in South Africa?

1. They are different because the Sahara is in Northern Africa, and the Savanna is in Middle Africa. 2. Herbivores eat the grass of the Savanna, and the carnivores eat the Herbivores, this is called the food chain.

3. Countries are joining because the animals are knocking down the fences, and also because the people feel that they are gaining a friendship with people and natures.

4. People feel that the wild animals are destoring their crops, and land. The animals are also tearing down the fences.

5. This helps the animals, because this way they get to be more free, and this helps people, because it provides jobs.

RAIN FOREST: Questions: 1. Describe 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?

2. Why are chimpanzees becoming endangered?

3. How are the Baka people helping themselves and areas of the rain forest at the same time?

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