Warm Up
December 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.

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?
6
2
5
1
4
7
3
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?
6
2
5
1
4
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?
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