Scores of Niger migrants perish in Sahara

Nov. 04, 2013

Q: Rescue workers in Niger say they have found the bodies of 92 people who died of thirst after their vehicles broke down as they tried to cross the Sahara Desert to find work in North Africa and Europe. Where is Niger on this map?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Of the dead, 52 were children and 33 were women. The bodies were found near Niger's northwestern border with its larger neighbor . . .

A. Algeria

B. Egypt

C. Libya

D. Nigeria

Q: A UN official said bout 80,000 migrants cross the Sahara desert through Niger. The Sahara is the world's third largest desert. What is the biggest?

A. Antarctica

B. Gobi

C. Kalahari

D. Patagonian

Q: The desperate African migrants make the hazardous desert journey to find work. Where else have hundreds of economic migrants perished in the desert?

A. Antarctica

B. Britain

C. France

D. United States

Q: What is expected to dramatically increase migration over the next 50 years?

A. Population growth

B. Food shortages

C. Climate change

D. All of the above

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