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What is a main cause of deforestation in Africa?
a) Clearing land for houses (population growth)
b) Fetching Water
c) Poverty
d) Overgrazing

What is desertification?
a) the process by which fertile land becomes desert
b) the process by which we gain more water
c) the process by which the desert shrinks in size
d) the process by which Ms. Wester makes rainbows

Which of these is a direct result of deforestation?
a) A large amount of trees being grown.
b) Rainwater filling the rivers
c) Animals and plants becoming extinct
d) People loosing shade.

Who are most responsible for collecting water in rural areas in Africa?
a) Older Women and Older Men
b) Men and Children
c) Men
d) Women and children

Which of these is NOT a main cause of desertfication?
a) Poor farming practices
b) People growing trees
c) Animals overgrazing
d) Draining the surface and underground water

One fourth of all medicine that people use comes from
a) Rainforest plants
b) oxygen
c) water
d) rainbows

Which of these is an effect of deforestation?
a) Animals going extinct
b) Less oxygen being produced
c) Top layer of soil is destroyed
d) All of the above

This is the process of forests being destroyed to make way for human development.
a) Desertification
b) Water pollution
c) Deforestation
d) Air pollution

People who live in rural areas in Africa do NOT have access to what
a) running water in their home
b) cell phone service
c) an area to play
d) animals

Which of these is a result of over population?
a) Cutting down more trees
b) Having plenty of food
c) Making more money
d) Over abundance of water

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