Learning About the Physical Geography of Africa

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1 Africa Directions 1 Challenge 1 Learning About the Physical Geography of Africa 1. Get your copy of the unlabeled physical features map for the Africa Mapping Lab, Challenge Select one of the physical features listed below. Find it on a physical map of Africa in Geography Alive! Regions and People. 3. Locate and label that same feature on your Challenge 1 map. (Hint: Is there no room to write your label? Draw a line from the feature to a place where you have more room to write.) 4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until you have found and labeled all 15 physical features. Physical Features of Africa A set of latitude and longitude coordinates is given for each feature. If you have trouble finding a feature, the coordinates will help you get close to its location. 1. Congo River (2 N, 20 E) 2. Niger River (16 N, 0 ) 3. Nile River (28 N, 31 E) 4. Zambezi River (18 S, 25 E) 5. Lake Chad (13 N, 14 E) 6. Lake Tanganyika (7 S, 30 E) 7. Lake Victoria (1 S, 33 E) 8. Atlas Mountains (32 N, 5 W) 9. Ethiopian Highlands (10 N, 39 E) 10. Mount Kilimanjaro (3 S, 37 E) 11. Kalahari Desert (23 S, 22 E) 12. Sahara (20 N, 10 E) 13. Sahel (12 N, 10 E) 14. Cape of Good Hope (34 S, 18 E) 15. Congo Basin (0, 20 E) 18 Africa Mapping Lab Teachers Curriculum Institute

2 Africa Directions 2 Challenge 2 Learning About the Human Geography of Africa 1. Get your copy of the unlabeled political map for the Africa Mapping Lab, Challenge Select one of the countries listed below. Find it on a political map of Africa in Geography Alive! Regions and People. Use the latitude and longitude coordinates to help you. 3. Label the country, and lightly shade the country on your map. 4. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 until you have labeled and shaded all 15 countries. Countries in Africa 1. Botswana (22 S, 25 E) 2. Democratic Republic of the Congo (0, 25 E) 3. Egypt (25 N, 30 E) 4. Gabon (0, 12 E) 5. Liberia (6 N, 10 W) 6. Madagascar (20 S, 47 E) 7. Mali (17 N, 0 ) 8. Morocco (32 N, 5 W) 9. Nigeria (10 N, 10 E) 10. Senegal (15 N, 15 W) 11. Somalia (10 N, 50 E) 12. South Africa (30 S, 25 E) 13. Sudan (15 N, 30 E) 14. Tunisia (35 N, 10 E) 15. Uganda (0, 32 E) 20 Africa Mapping Lab Teachers Curriculum Institute

3 Africa Directions 3 Challenge 3 Using Geography Skills to Answer Where? 1. Look carefully at each map your teacher projects. For each map, discuss the three questions below with your partner. Be prepared to respond if your teacher calls on you. What are at least five key symbols or colors on the map? What do they represent? What key information does this map show? Is this information about physical geography or human geography? 2. Get a copy of Africa Transparency 6 and one Challenge 3 card from your teacher. 3. Read the question on your card. Scan the names of the research stations to determine which one has the map you need to answer the question. 4. Go to that station. Lay your transparency on top of the map at the station. Use a transparency pen to note any information or locations on your transparency that will help you answer the question. 5. Once you have all the information you need to answer the question, return to your desk. Get your copy of the table for the Africa Mapping Lab, Challenge 3. Find the row with the number that matches your question. Circle the name of the map you used to find your answer. Write the answer in a complete sentence. For example: Question: What is the longest river in Africa? Answer: The Nile is Africa s longest river. 6. Bring your Challenge 3 table to the teacher. If your answer is correct, clean off your transparency, get a new Challenge 3 card, and repeat Steps Africa Mapping Lab Teachers Curriculum Institute

4 Challenge 3 Cards Africa Materials 3A 1 2 Which African countries north of the equator have petroleum (oil) as a resource? Which country contains the largest total area with a tropical wet climate? In which country does the White Nile join the Blue Nile? 3 4 What is the large island country that lies east of Mozambique? What is the population density of this country? In which countries can a humid subtropical climate be found? 5 6 Which country south of the equator and north of the Tropic of Capricorn contains only one type of vegetation? What type of vegetation is found in this country? Teachers Curriculum Institute Africa Mapping Lab 23

5 Africa Materials 3A Challenge 3 Cards 7 What are the two most highly populated cities in Africa? In which country is each city located? Besides South Africa, in which countries can trade and manufacturing be found? 8 What is the least common type of vegetation found in Africa? In which three countries is this type of vegetation found? 9 10 What river forms the border between Senegal and Mauritania? 24 Africa Mapping Lab Teachers Curriculum Institute

6 Challenge 4 Africa Directions 4 Using Geography Skills to Answer Why There? 1. Get a copy of Africa Transparency 6 and one Challenge 4 card from your teacher. 2. Read the question on your card. Scan the names of the research stations to find which stations have information that you need to answer the question. You will need to visit at least two and as many as all five stations to get all the information you need. 3. Go to each station you identified. Lay your transparency on top of the map at the station. Use a transparency pen to note any information or locations on your transparency that will help you answer the question. 4. Once you have all the information you need, return to your desk. Get your copy of the table for the Africa Mapping Lab, Challenge 4. Find the row with the number that matches your question. Circle the names of the maps you used to find your answer. Write the answer in a complete sentence. 5. Bring your Challenge 4 table to the teacher. If your answer is correct, clean off your transparency, get a new card, and repeat Steps 2 5. Teachers Curriculum Institute Africa Mapping Lab 27

7 Africa Materials 4 Challenge 4 Cards What resources are found in Ghana? What physical feature located in that country helps to explain why hydroelectric power is a resource there? 1 2 Which country in Africa has the most cities between 1 million and 4 million people? What type of land use found near those cities might help to explain why there are so many large cities in that country? Along which physical feature is most of the population of Egypt located? How does vegetation help to explain why most people live there? 3 Which countries north of the equator have a mostly low population density? How do physical features and climate help to explain why large areas of these countries are scarcely populated? 4 A woman works for a government agency. She approves money for a commercial fisherman to buy his own boats. She approves money for research in the broadleaf evergreen forest. She approves money for new ways to raise animals in a semiarid climate. No one asks her about trade and manufacturing, because there is none. Where does she work? Why do you think so? 5 Where does this person live? Why do you think so? 6 The major city in my country has between 1 million and 4 million people. Like many people in my country, I am a nomadic herder. My friends work on commercial farms. My country has both seashores and lake shores. We enjoy a variety of climates. Areas of my country are dry during certain times of the year. Other parts are dry year-round. 28 Africa Mapping Lab Teachers Curriculum Institute