Where People Live Type of Work People Do How People Travel Thinly populated except in northern Tourist Industry Nomads walk Sahara Morocco, Algeria and along the Service Industry tour guides, hotel In Salt trades, truck replace camels – Mediterranean coast staff, and restaurant workers Airplanes and trucks equipped to Desert One person per Square Mile Merchants selling rugs and other handle sand Lowest population densities on Earth merchandise Along the eastern Atlantic Coast Subsistence farmers or herding Primary transportation is walking, Along the Nile River livestock followed by bicycling Sahel Mining iron ore and uranium Animal drawn carts Some cars, trucks and rail service Along the Coast Subsistence farmers Walk the Nile River Nomadic herding Bicycles Savanna Animal drawn carts Cars, Trains, Buses Around Lake Tanganyika Natives hunt and selling the meat Walk the Coast Nigeria work for government or Bicycles – Tropical telecommunications business Cities Buses and Trains – Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea oil – Rainforest industry Agriculture - Subsistence farming and Nomadic herding Write two or three sentences for each question using the information in the chart above. How do location, climate, and other physical characteristics influence where people live, what type of work people do, and how people travel in the Sahara?
Where People Live Type of Work People Do How People Travel Sahara Desert Thinly populated except in northern Morocco, Algeria and along the Mediterranean coast One person per Square Mile Lowest population densities on Earth Tourist Industry Service Industry – tour guides, hotel staff, and restaurant workers Merchants selling rugs and other merchandise Nomads walk In Salt trades, truck replace camels Airplanes and trucks equipped to handle sand Sahel Along the eastern Atlantic Coast Along the Nile River Subsistence farmers or herding livestock Mining iron ore and uranium Primary transportation is walking, followed by bicycling Animal drawn carts Some cars, trucks and rail service Savanna Along the Coast the Nile River Subsistence farmers Nomadic herding Walk Bicycles Animal drawn carts Cars, Trains, Buses Tropical Rainforest Around Lake Tanganyika the Coast Natives hunt and selling the meat Nigeria – work for government or telecommunications business Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea – oil industry Agriculture - Subsistence farming and Nomadic herding Walk Bicycles Cities – Buses and Trains Write two or three sentences for each question using the information in the chart above. How do location, climate, and other physical characteristics influence where people live, what type of work people do, and how people travel in the Sahara?
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