ENGLISH EQUIVALENTS OF DUTCH NAMES. Difficulty is sometimes experienced in the examination of church records in this region (and the same occurs in the records in family Bibles and inscriptions on tombstones) by the want of familiarity with Dutch nomenclature.
Split and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Africa is called the tropical continent because of its rainforests and warm to hot moist climates.plit and merge into it. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Africa is called the tropical continent because of its rainforests and warm to hot moist climates.
Current Status. Most of the tropical rainforest s of Africa exist in the Congo (Zaire) River Basin. Remnants also exist throughout Western Africa which is in a sorry state due to the plight of poverty which encourages subsistence agriculture and firewood harvesting.