This homework packet asks students to define key terms related to the Sahel region of Africa like drought and desertification. It also asks students to name countries in the Sahel, capital cities, causes of desertification, and nomadic groups. The final question asks students to summarize in 5 sentences the major events in Sudan in 2011, including the lead up to South Sudan gaining independence from North Sudan that year.

1. Homework for the Sahel Countries Packet
***Complete Sentences Required***
1. Define Drought
2. Name 4 countries of the Sahel region.
3. Define Desertification
4. What is the capital of North Sudan?
5. Please name two causes of desertification.
6. Name two nomadic groups of the Sahel.
7. What does the Arabic word Sahel mean in English?
8. What two bodies of water does the Sahel run from in the east and the west?
9. What is the capital of South Sudan?
10. Please give me an effect that desertification has of the people of the area.
11. Why do most people in the area live in the southern region of the Sahel?
12. Please summarize what major event happened within Sudan in the middle of
2011. Include events leading up to July of 2011, as well as the after effects. (5
Sentences)
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