Warm UpDecember 13, 2010

Read- Focus on Geography on page 417. Answer the following questions: (1) What might cause people to plant or graze their animals on dry lands?(2) What can countries do to prevent desertification?

Standards

SS7G1 The student will locate selected features of Africa.

a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, 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.

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Africa Fun Facts Game

This is the second largest continent in the world.

Answer:

Africa

Question:

This is the world’s longest river.

Answer:

The Nile River

Question:

This is the world’s largest freshwater lake.

Answer:

Lake Victoria

Question:

Lake Victoria serves as primary source of water for which river?

Answer:

The Nile River

Question:

What country is the Nile River located in?

Answer:

Egypt

Question:

What is the name of the mountain range located in the northwestern portion of Africa (in Algeria and Morocco)?

Answer:

Atlas Mountains

Question:

This country was once known as Zaire. It is south of Sudan, and north of South Africa.

Answer:

The Democratic republic of Congo

Question: This term means to destroy or cut

down trees. This is a major problem in rainforest of Africa. It leads to erosion of the soil.

Answer:

Deforestation

Question:

What is the major landform of northern Africa? (Hint: Sahara)

Answer:

Deserts

Question:

What landform lies along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean near the equator?

(Hint: there is a city in Georgia that is pronounced the same way).

Answer:

Savanna

Which number marks the appropriate location of Democratic Republic of Congo?

1

2

34

5

6

7

30=Democratic Republic of Congo

Question:

What is the largest hot desert in the world? It covers most of Northern Africa.

Answer

The Sahara

Question:

This is a transition zone that is just south of the Sahara and north of the equator. It separates the Sahara from the tropical rainforests.

Answer:

Sahel

Which number marks the appropriate location of Nigeria?

#24= Nigeria

Question:

This is the second longest river in Africa. It flows through west central Africa. It crosses the equator twice and is surrounded by rainforests.

Answer:

The Congo River

Which number marks the appropriate location of Kenya?

1

2

4

5

6

7

35= Kenya

Question:

This is the main river in the western part of Africa. It is just south of the Sahara and Sahel. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer:

The Niger River

Question:

This is a large Arid (dry) to semi-arid area in the southern part of Africa. It covers part of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

Answer:

The Kalahari Desert

Question:

This is a long lake that lies in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley. It is south of Lake Victoria.

Answer

Lake Tanganyika

Question:

This is the southernmost country in Africa.

Answer:

South Africa

Question:

This is the most populated nation in Africa. Lagos is the capital city.

Answer:

Nigeria

Question:

This country is located just south of Egypt.

Answer:

Sudan

Closing Find Someone Who Can Tell You will

walk around the room and interview classmates, asking them where selected physical features are located in Africa.

1. Where is the Sahel is located? 2.What is deforestation? 3. What is desertification? 4. Where is the Kalahari Desert? 5. Where is Nigeria 6. Where is South Africa?