Africas Geography

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Africas Geography
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Reading Quiz

• What is the worlds largest desert?
• Gobi
• Sahara
• Kalahari
• Death Valley
• The United States is 3 times bigger than Africa.
• True
• False

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Reading Quiz

• Africa has wide-open, dry grasslands called
• Tropical forest
• Desert plains
• Coastal mangrove
• Savannah
• What is the longest river in Africa?

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Trade Grade

• Write graded by and your name at the bottom.
• What is the worlds largest desert?
• Sahara
• The United States is 3 times bigger than Africa.
• 2. False

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Trade Grade

• Africa has wide-open, dry grasslands called
• D. Savannah
• What is the longest river in Africa?
• Nile
• Write how many them missed at the top and pass it
  back.
• When you have seen yours, pass it forward.

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Africa
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Introduction

• There are 54 countries in Africa (right now)
• Africa is
• is a CONTINENT not a COUNTRY
• 2nd largest continent
• 20 of the Earths landmass
• 3.5x the size of the US

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Introduction

• There are app. 885 million people in Africa (15
  of the worlds population)
• Only 37 live in urban areas
• Almost the entire population is indigenous

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Introduction

• There are 6 regions in Africa
• North Africa
• West Africa
• Central Africa
• Horn of Africa
• East Africa
• Southern Africa

North Africa
West Africa
Horn of Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
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Introduction

• There are four major types of vegetation
• Deserts steppes (semi-deserts) 40
• Savanna (grasslands) 50
• Rainforest 10

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Introduction

• There are five major climates in Africa
• Humid
• Sub-humid
• Arid
• Semi-arid
• Mediterranean

Mediterranean
Arid
Humid
Sub-humid
Semi-arid
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Map of Africa

• Label the following
• Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean,
  and the Red Sea
• Nile, Congo, Niger Rivers
• Lakes Victoria, Nasser, and Volta
• Mt. Kilimanjaro, Sinai Peninsula Arabian
  Peninsula
• Sahara and Kalahari desert

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Wrap-up

• On your map, label where your civilization from
  yesterday might have been located.