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AFRICALPS GEOGRAPHY

STANDARD 4.1

LPS Standard 4.1

4.1.1 Locate major bodies of water/rivers important to the geography of Africa:

ｧｧ Atlantic Ocean

ｧｧ Indian Ocean

ｧｧ Red Sea

ｧｧ Mediterranean Sea

ｧｧ Lake Victoria

ｧｧ Nile River (White and Blue)

ｧｧ Congo River

ｧｧ Suez Canal

4.1.2 Locate major land features of Africa:

ｧｧ Sahara Desertｧｧ Congo Basin (Rainforest)ｧｧ Ethiopian Highlandsｧｧ Great Rift Valleyｧｧ Serengeti Plainｧｧ Atlas Mountainsｧｧ Mt. Kilimanjaroｧｧ Kalahari Desertｧｧ Sahel

LPS Standard 4.1 Continued: Selected Countries of Africa

– Egypt

– Algeria

– Libya

– Nigeria

– Sudan

– Kenya

– Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)

– Chad

– Morocco

– Tanzania

– South Africa

– Zimbabwe

– Ethiopia

– Mozambique

– Madagascar

– Namibia

– Angola

– Mali

– Senegal

– Somalia

LPS Standard 4.1 Continued: Selected Cities of Africa

•Lagos, Nigeria•Cape Town, South Africa•Johannesburg, South Africa•Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Cote D’Voire)•Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

•Khartoum, Sudan•Tripoli, Libya•Casablanca, Morocco•Nairobi, Kenya•Dar es Salaam, Tanzania•Addis Ababa, Ethiopia•Cairo, Egypt

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FINAL JEOPARDY

On the Map - 100

Largest island country considered part of Africa.

On the Map - 100 answer

What is Madagascar?

On the Map - 200

What modern country is where the ancient and

fabled city of Timbuktu is located?

On the Map - 200 answer

What is Mali?

On the Map - 300

Name that country.

On the Map - 300 answer

What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

On the Map - 400

Name the country.

On the Map - 400 answer

What is Nigeria?

On the Map - 500

The Serengeti Plain is primarily in what two

African Countries.

On the Map - 500 answer

What are Kenya and Tanzania?

Countries By Capital - 100

Cairo.

Countries By Capital - 100 answer

What is Egypt?

Countries By Capital - 200

Khartoum.

Countries By Capital - 200 answer

What is the Sudan?

Countries By Capital - 300

Johannesburg.

Countries By Capital - 300 answer

What is South Africa?

Countries By Capital - 400

Nairobi.

Countries By Capital - 400 answer

What is Kenya?

Countries By Capital - 500

Dar es Salaam.

Countries By Capital - 500 answer

What is Tanzania?

Bodies of Water - 100

Bordered by two continents and the

countries of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Moses

crossed me on dry land.

Bodies of Water - 100 answer

What is the Red Sea?

Bodies of Water - 200

Ocean on the Eastern Coast of Africa.

Bodies of Water - 200 answer

What is the Indian Ocean?

Bodies of Water - 300

Largest lake in Africa.

Bodies of Water - 300 answer

What is Lake Victoria?

Bodies of Water - 400

My basin covers most of Equatorial Africa and it’s

rainforest.

Bodies of Water - 400 answer

What is the Congo River?

Bodies of Water - 500

Artificial ‘river’ connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean

Sea.

Bodies of Water - 500 answer

What is the Suez Canal?

Landforms - 100

Largest desert in the world.

Landforms - 100 answer

What is the Sahara?

Landforms - 200

Transition area between the desert and land with

vegetation. Growing because of continued

defoliation and land use.

Landforms - 200 answer

What is the Sahel?

Landforms - 300

Large “scar” in the eastern part of Africa formed by

seismic activity thousands of years ago.

Landforms - 300 answer

What is the Great Rift Valley?

Landforms - 400

Mountain range along the northern coast of Africa

reaching a height of 13,000 feet or higher in

some places.

Landforms - 400 answer

What are the Atlas Mountains?

Landforms - 500

Largest desert in sub-Saharan Africa. It covers

several countries and thousands of square

miles.

Landforms - 500 answer

What is the Kalahari Desert?

Did You Know? - 100

Highest mountain in Africa.

Did You Know? - 100 answer

What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?

Did You Know? - 200

It’s source is Lake Victoria and it flows from South to

North.

Did You Know? - 200 answer

What is the Nile River?

Did You Know? - 300

Africa was once known as the “‘____’ Continent” because

many of the earliest European explorers died

there as a result of disease, etc.

Did You Know? - 300 answer

What is “Dark”?

Did You Know? - 400

Famous Doctor who was the first European to see Victoria Falls which the natives called

“smoke that thunders” Explorer Henry Stanley

found him ‘we presume’.

Did You Know? - 400 answer

Who is Dr. David Livingstone?

Did You Know? - 500

Name one of the two African countries to never

have been under European colonial rule.

Did You Know? - 500 answer

What are Liberia and Ethiopia (acc: Eritrea)?

FINAL JEOPARDY!

When sailors attempted to go around Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries, they were glad when they reached a particular point on the African Continent. Because of this, they gave the place what fitting name?

FINAL JEOPARDY! ANSWER

What is the Cape of Good Hope?