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Africa
Unit IIMr. Napier and Mr. Newhall
Standard SS7G1
SS7G1 The student will locate selected features of Africa.
a. Locate on a world and regional political physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mts. And Kalahari Desert.
b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan.
Africa• Angola• Botswana• Central
African Republic
• Chad• Dem. Rep. of
Congo• Ethiopia• Ghana• Kenya• Madagascar• Mali• Mauritania• Mozambique
• Namibia• Niger• Nigeria• Rwanda• Somalia• South Africa• Tanzania• Uganda• Zambia• Zimbabwe• Sierra Leone• Sudan
Warm Up - Africa
1. What is the longest river in Africa?2. What is the largest desert in Africa?3. What country has the largest population?4. Where did Colonel Gadhafi rule?5. What nation enforced a legal separation of
races?6. Name three African nations which border the
Indian Ocean?7. Name the highest mountain in Africa.
Maps of Africa
AfricaName each area?
Africa Places
• Sahara Desert• Kalahari Desert• Congo River• Niger River• Nile River• Lake Tanganyika• Lake Victoria• Atlas Mountains• Mr. Kilimanjaro• Mt. Kenya
Geographic Terms
• Identify1. Sahara
2. Sahel
3. Savanna
4. Tropical rain forest
• Answers1. Largest desert in world.
North Africa2. 5 Landlocked nations –
grassland and small trees, few people
3. Grasslands, hot, large animal herds
4. Hot, much rain, canopy of trees, abundant wildlife
Homework – The Sahel
• Pages 540-546–Questions 1-4