Geography of Sub Saharan Africa LAMM

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20 questions
Your work for the next two days:

  • Complete this video and questions. Pause if you need to read the text on the video! (Grab headphones)
  • Complete the physical map of Africa
  • Complete the political map of Africa

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Africa is large! I covers ____ of the world's surface area.

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The Sahel is a transition zone. What is to the north and south of it?

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What is the main river for Western Africa?

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Why did Lake Chad shrink?

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What is the main river for Eastern Africa?

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What is a valley?

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Which mountain is the highest in Africa?

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What is a Soda Lake?

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Below the Arid and Semi Arid climates in the north, what climate zone do you find?

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Name three animals you can find on the Savanna

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What is a river basin?

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How wide is Victoria Falls?

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What is the oldest culture in the world? Where do they live?

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What valuable resources are found in Africa?

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Two reasons why animals are endangered?

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What is desertification?

Physical Map of Africa

Label the following things using your atlas.

  • Ahaggar Mountains
  • Arabian Sea
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Atlas Mountains
  • Cape of Good Hope
  • Congo Basin
  • Congo River
  • Great Rift Valley
  • Gulf of Aden
  • Gulf of Guinea
  • Indian Ocean
  • Kalahari Desert
  • Lake Malawi
  • Lake Tanganyika
  • Lake Victoria
  • Madagascar
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Mount Kenya
  • Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Mozambique Channel
  • Namib Desert
  • Niger River
  • Nile River
  • Red Sea
  • Sahara Desert
  • Sahel
  • Strait of Gibraltar
  • Suez Canal
  • Tibesti Mountains
  • Zambezi River
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Did you find all of the items on the list?

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List any you were unable to locate.

Political Map of Africa

Label the following countries using your atlas.

  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cape Verde
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini (Swaziland)
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
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Did you find all of the countries on the list?

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List any you were unable to locate.