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Africa Map and Regions

Africa Map and Regions. What is the name of this river. The Nile river. What country is this?. Libya. What country is this?. Egypt. What country is this?. tunisia. The circle covers what?. The Sahara desert. The arrow points to what area?. The Congo basin. What is this lake?.

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Africa Map and Regions

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  1. Africa Map and Regions

  2. What is the name of this river

  3. The Nile river

  4. What country is this?

  5. Libya

  6. What country is this?

  7. Egypt

  8. What country is this?

  9. tunisia

  10. The circle covers what?

  11. The Sahara desert

  12. The arrow points to what area?

  13. The Congo basin

  14. What is this lake?

  15. Lake Victoria

  16. What is the name of this mountain?

  17. Mount Kilimanjaro

  18. Name the landform

  19. Great rift valley

  20. What is the name of this island?

  21. madagascar

  22. What country is this?

  23. angola

  24. What body of water is this?

  25. Cape of good hope

  26. What body of water is this?

  27. Mozambique Channel

  28. What country is this?

  29. South africa

  30. What city is this?

  31. Johannesburg, South Africa

  32. What is this country

  33. nigeria

  34. What region of Africa is this? • Cultural Hearth – Parts of this African culture have spread throughout Africa through the “Bantu Migrations”, and through the world due to slavery. • Three empires in the region, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai – supported by gold and salt exports. • Extremely diverse population – thousands of languages and ethnic groups.

  35. West Africa • Cultural Hearth – Parts of this African culture have spread throughout Africa through the “Bantu Migrations”, and through the world due to slavery. • Three empires in the region, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai – supported by gold and salt exports. • Extremely diverse population – thousands of languages and ethnic groups.

  36. What region of Africa is this? • Region faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate and higher. • Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, and others. • This region has a country once under Apartheid – whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens. Ended in 1994, due in part to Nelson Mandela

  37. Southern Africa • Region faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate and higher. • Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, and others. • This region has a country once under Apartheid – whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens. Ended in 1994, due in part to Nelson Mandela

  38. What region of Africa is this? • Region colonized by France and Belgium. King Leopold II of Belgium ran the Congo as his private property, destroying much of it. After independence, the region fell into civil war. • Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated across Africa and spread their culture. They lived in “stateless societies” before colonization. • Region centered on the Congo River Basin.

  39. Central Africa • Region colonized by France and Belgium. King Leopold II of Belgium ran the Congo as his private property, destroying much of it. After independence, the region fell into civil war. • Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated across Africa and spread their culture. They lived in “stateless societies” before colonization. • Region centered on the Congo River Basin.

  40. What region of Africa is this? • Persistent problems with piracy, warfare and famine in “Horn of Africa” • Cash Crops such as coffee, tea, sugar • Crossroads for many trade routes with Middle East, India, and Asia. Mainly rural and agricultural... Sahel nations are a mess, Kenya and Tanzania are doing okay. • Region depends heavily on tourism (in Serengeti and Kilimanjaro).

  41. Eastern Africa • Persistent problems with piracy, warfare and famine in “Horn of Africa” • Cash Crops such as coffee, tea, sugar • Crossroads for many trade routes with Middle East, India, and Asia. Mainly rural and agricultural... Sahel nations are a mess, Kenya and Tanzania are doing okay. • Region depends heavily on tourism (in Serengeti and Kilimanjaro).

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