Wednesday WARM UP:

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Wednesday WARM UP

• Find a seat quietly
• Get a note sheet and a map of Africa from the
  front table and write your name on it

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Homeroom

• Come in, set your stuff down and go to the
  RESTROOM, then LOCKERS
• Turn in SIGNED PROGRESS REPORTS TO THE BOX ON MY
  DESK
• THESE ARE DUE BY FRIDAY!!
• Have a seat and wait quietly ?

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SS7G1 The student will locate selected features
of Africa.

1. Locate on a world and physical map

The Sahara Kalahari Desert Sahel Savanna
Tropical rain forest Atlas Mountains
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Sahara

• The Sahara is the worlds largest desert
• It covers Northern Africa, from the
• Red Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Kalahari Desert

• The Kalahari is located in Southwestern
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• The area is surrounded by semi-arid areas that
  are becoming drier

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Sahel

• The Sahel runs from the Red Sea to the
• Atlantic Ocean.
• It separates North Africas Sahara Desert
• from a semi-arid savanna.
• The Sahel is mostly covered with
• grasslands and savanna.

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Savanna

• Vast area of grassland and more tropical areas
• Good area for grazing animals lions and
  elephants
• Lack of rainfall makes farming difficult

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Tropical Rain Forest

• Located in central Africa, near the equator and
  has high temperatures year round
• These areas typically have 50-60 inches of rain
  per year.
• The ecosystems are being damaged by people
  cutting down trees for fuel and to accommodate
  growing populations

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Atlas Mountains

• Located in Northern Africa separating the coastal
  regions from the Sahara Desert

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SS7G1 The student will locate selected features
of Africa.

1. Locate on a world and physical map

Congo River Niger River Nile River
LakeTanganyika Lake Victoria
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Congo River

• Flows from central/west Africa towards the
  Atlantic Ocean
• Flows through the rainforest (2nd largest
  rainforest in the world)

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Niger River

• Located in Western Africa and is the 3rd largest
  river in Africa
• Flows for 2,600 miles into the Guinea Basin

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Nile River

• The Nile River is the longest river in the world
• The Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea
• Begins in Lake Victoria

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Lake Victoria

• The largest lake in Africa
• The eco-system has been nearly
• devastated by human influence.

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Lake Tanganyika

• The worlds second largest fresh water lake
• The water flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
• This lake is very important to the daily lives
  of people living in Africa.

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SS7G1 The student will locate selected features
of Africa.

• b. Locate on a world and political map

Democratic Republic of The Congo Egypt
Kenya Nigeria South Africa Sudan South Sudan
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