ACC WARM UP. • Come up with a Hector and Fido Question

for each of the Physical Features. Use 2 facts for each.

1.Sahara Desert

2.Nile River

3.Mt. Kilimanjaro

4. Zambezi River

5.Victoria Falls

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1. Western Sahara2. Morocco3. Mauritania4. Algeria5. Tunisia6. Libya7. Egypt8. Sudan9. Eritrea

10. Ethiopia11. Somalia12. Kenya13. Uganda14. Dem. Rep. of Congo15. Central Africa Republic

16. Chad17. Niger18. Mali19. Corte D’Ivoire 20.Nigeria

21. Cameroon22. Gabon

23. Angola24. Namibia25. Botswana26. South Africa27. Mozambique

28. Zimbabwe

29. Zambia

30. Tanzania

31. Madagascar

1. Egypt2. Sudan3. Ethiopia4. Eritrea5. Somalia6. Kenya

7. Tanzania8. Mozambique9. Madagascar

10. South Africa11. Zimbabwe12. Botswana13. Namibia14. Angola15. Zambia16. Dem. Rep. Congo17. Central Africa Republic

18. Gabon19. Chad20. Cameroon21. Nigeria

22. C’ote D’ Ivoire23. Mali24. Mauritania25. Western Sahara26. Morocco

27. Algeria28. Tunisia29. Libya

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31. Uganda

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23. Angola24. Namibia25. Botswana26. South Africa27. Mozambique

28. Zimbabwe

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30. Tanzania

31. Madagascar

Warm Up: Open books to page 594-5951. What is located at # 1?2. What River is located at #

2?3. What river is located at #

3?4. What river is located at #

4?5. What river is located at #

5?6. What is located at # 6?7. What mountain is located

at # 7?8. Victoria falls is located

here.9. What ocean is located at

# 910. What ocean is located at

# 10?11. What Sea is located at #

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Warm Up: Open books to page 594-5951. What is located at # 1?

– Sahara Desert2. What River is located at # 2?

– Nile River3. What river is located at # 3?

– Niger 4. What river is located at # 4?

– Congo5. What river is located at # 5?

– Zambezi 6. What is located at # 6?

– Lake Victoria7. What mountain is located at # 7?

– Mt. Kilimanjaro8. Victoria falls is located here.9. What ocean is located at # 9

– Atlantic Ocean10. What ocean is located at # 10?

– Indian 11. What Sea is located at # 11?

– Mediterranean sea12. What mountain range is located

at 12?– Atlas Mountains

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Africa• Africa is the world’s 2nd

most populous continent, with a population of 844,000,000 people.

• Africa also is the 2nd largest continent in the world. (only Asia is larger)

Africa• Only continent where the Equator,

Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer, and Capricorn intersect.

Africa is the only continent in the world that is located in all four hemispheres!

Sahara Desert

• Sahara Desert- it is the largest desert in the world, and it covers almost all of North Africa.

– It is almost the size of the United States.– It is still growing, due to desertification

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The Sahara Desert is almost the size of the United States.

Sahara Desert

Great Rift Valley• Great Rift Valley a fault that is located in

East Africa, and cuts through 4,000 miles of east Africa. – Most of Africa’s major lakes and are located

at or near the Great Rift Valley

• Evidence has found that the earliest

Africans first lived in this area.

Great Rift Valley

Nile River• The Nile river is the The Nile river is the

longest river in the longest river in the world. It flows 4,000 world. It flows 4,000 miles to the North, miles to the North, and empties into the and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.Mediterranean Sea.– It is more then the It is more then the

Width of the United Width of the United StatesStates

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Nile River– It has 2 sources, the Blue Nile and the White

Nile

Nile River

Congo River• The Congo River is

the 2nd largest river in Africa flowing 2,720 miles through the Equator. – It flows through the

Rainforest of the Country of Congo.

– It is fed by hundreds of streams and tributaries. x

Niger River• Africa’s 3rd longest river starting in

Guinea and flowing 2,600 miles into the Atlantic Ocean.

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Niger River

Zambezi River• Is the fourth largest river In Africa. It is Is the fourth largest river In Africa. It is

located in Southern Africa. And flows located in Southern Africa. And flows 2,200 miles, and forms the border of 6 2,200 miles, and forms the border of 6 African CountriesAfrican Countries

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Zambezi River

– About halfway through About halfway through it’s journey the Zambezi it’s journey the Zambezi plunges over a canyon plunges over a canyon creating Victoria Falls.creating Victoria Falls.

– Victoria Falls is the Victoria Falls is the widest waterfall on the widest waterfall on the planet. planet.

– People can see the mist People can see the mist from Victoria Falls for from Victoria Falls for over over 4040 miles away. miles away.

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Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls

Mt KilimanjaroMt Kilimanjaro

• Volcano in Northeastern Volcano in Northeastern

Tanzania. It is the tallest Tanzania. It is the tallest

free standing mountain in free standing mountain in

the world. the world.

• It rises to a height of It rises to a height of

19,340 ft, and is the tallest 19,340 ft, and is the tallest

peak in all of Africa. peak in all of Africa. x

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Lake Victoria• Lake Victoria is the second largest

freshwater lake in the world.

• Largest Lake in Africa

• Named After England’s Queen Victoria.

Lake Victoria

Lake Tanganyika

• Second largest lake in Africa• Longest lake in the world• Deepest lake on the African

continent• Second deepest in the world • Oldest lake in Africa and perhaps

in the world

There are similar climate patterns found at the north and the south of the continent EXCEPT that they’re...reversed and mirrored ---WHY??

Tropical Rainforest

Savannah

Desert

Mediterranean

Mediterranean

SavannahDesert

A few other aspects to look at … …enclave, exclave, and

landlocked

ENCLAVE: A country that is entirely surrounded by another country.

Lesotho and Swaziland are examples.

So, what is an

exclave?

Territory of a country that is separated

from the main part of the country by

foreign territory.

Cabinda is an exclave of

Angola.

Landlocked:

Shut in completely by land … having no direct access to the sea …

Rwanda and Uganda are examples

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Why was it difficult for explorers to get to the INTERIOR of Africa?

2. Why couldn’t explorers use rivers to get to Africa’s interior?

3. What are some characteristics of Africa’s climate?

4. Why would it matter if a country was landlocked?

5. List five natural resources found in Africa.

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Put assignments into order

1. Warm Up

2. Africa’s Countries and Capitals.

3. Africa’s Physical Features Worksheet. (Old English)

1. Culture

2. Cultural Diffusion

3. Cultural Diversity

4. Cultural Exchange

5. Cultural Landscape

6. Cultural Trait

7. Culture Region

Culture

Nile River• People have farmed the Nile River for

thousands of years. – Farmers use to plant their crops to match the

flood cycle. The floods would provide silt to make the soil fertile to grow crops.