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What are Ergs?
great seas of sand with tall sand dunes
>wadi
>erg
>reg
100
marginal land
land that is not well suited for growing crops
>marginal land
>pastoral nomads
>trade winds
100
Sahel is semiarid, Sahara is arid
What is a major difference between the Sahara and the Sahel?
100
A wall or hedge that stops wind currents to protect crops and stop sand from blowing
What is a windbreak?
100
can go long time without food or water
Why are camels used for travel in the desert?
200
reg
gravel covered plains
>erg
>reg
>hammada
200
desertification
the process which land becomes more and more dry until it turns into desert. caused by climate change, human activites, or both
>marginal land
>trade winds
>desertification
200
low spots, natural, by humans by digging wells
Know the different ways an oasis can be formed:
200
semiarid, arid
The climate of the Sahel is ___ and the climate of the Sahara is ___
200
mud breaks
What are homes at an oasis made out of?
300
hammada
high rock covered flat land
>hammada
>wadi
>oasis
300
drought
long periods without water
>Sahel
>drought
>trade winds
300
to find food, water, crops, and pasture
Why do pastoral nomads move around?
300
Northern Africa
Know the location of the Sahara
300
to stop desertification
Why are farmers in the Sahel trying to cook with coal instead of wood?
400
oasis
isolated spot where water is found in a desert
>erg
>oasis
>marginal land
400
trade winds
towards the equator, picking up moisture
>Sahel
>drought
>trade winds
400
You can eat the fruit, it's trunk and leaves are used for building, it's bark is used for rope, and it's seeds are used for fuel and animal food
Why are date palms so important to life in the Sahara?
400
have small waxy leaves, sprouting after rainfall, having deep roots
Know how plants have adapted to life in the desert
400
Wearing loose clothing so the wind can flow through and you stay cool, farmers shift agriculture, cook with coal instead of wood, planting plants other than cash crops
4 adaptations that people use to adapt to survive in a desert
500
pastoral nomads
groups of herders that move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water
>oasis
>pastoral nomads
>marginal land
500
Sahel
semiarid grassland along the southern border of the Sahara desert, which often experiences drought
>Sahara
>Sahel
>*insert Austrailian accent here*the nile river
500
cash crops, increase in herd sizes, deforestation
What causes desertification?
500
pastoral nomads who move around desert using camels to sell goods
Who are the Turaeg people?
500
decrease herd sizes, use crop rotation
how farmers decrease desertification in the Sahara






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