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    Geography of Africa: SS7G1 The Students Will Locate Selected Features of Africa

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    This document provides instructions for students to label key political and physical features on maps of Africa. For the political map, students are given latitude and longitude coordinates to locate countries as well as relative location descriptions to identify countries. For the physical map, students use relative descriptions to label rivers, mountains, lakes and deserts as well as to identify the geographic regions of the Sahara desert, the Sahel, the Savanna, and the Rain Forest.

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    Geography of Africa: SS7G1 The Students Will Locate Selected Features of Africa

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    This document provides instructions for students to label key political and physical features on maps of Africa. For the political map, students are given latitude and longitude coordinates to locate countries as well as relative location descriptions to identify countries. For the physical map, students use relative descriptions to label rivers, mountains, lakes and deserts as well as to identify the geographic regions of the Sahara desert, the Sahel, the Savanna, and the Rain Forest.

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    This document provides instructions for students to label key political and physical features on maps of Africa. For the political map, students are given latitude and longitude coordinates to locate countries as well as relative location descriptions to identify countries. For the physical map, students use relative descriptions to label rivers, mountains, lakes and deserts as well as to identify the geographic regions of the Sahara desert, the Sahel, the Savanna, and the Rain Forest.

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    Geography of Africa: SS7G1 The Students Will Locate Selected Features of Africa

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    This document provides instructions for students to label key political and physical features on maps of Africa. For the political map, students are given latitude and longitude coordinates to locate countries as well as relative location descriptions to identify countries. For the physical map, students use relative descriptions to label rivers, mountains, lakes and deserts as well as to identify the geographic regions of the Sahara desert, the Sahel, the Savanna, and the Rain Forest.

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    Name: ___________________________

    Geography of Africa Date: __________ Period:


    ___________
    SS7G1 The students will locate selected features of Africa.
    a. Political features of Africa

    Write your answers to number 1-7 here:

    1. 5.
    2. 6.
    3. 7.
    4.
    SS7G1 The students will locate selected features of Africa.
    b. Physical features of Africa

    Key

    Write your answers for number 8-18 here: 1. Locate and label the physical
    8. features.
    2. Color rivers, lakes and oceans
    9. blue.
    3. Color mountains brown.
    10. 4. Color deserts yellow.
    5. Label the following and lightly
    11. shade the correct color.
    12. a. The Sahara: Yellow
    b. the Sahel: orange
    13. c. the Savanna: light
    green
    14. d. the Rain Forest: dark
    15. green
    6. Make your key.
    16.
    Class set – Do NOT write on.

    Where in the world?


    Geography of Africa
    Directions: Use the maps on pages 158 – 161 of the Atlas to answer the following questions. Once you have
    found the answer, label the political or physical feature on the correct map.

    Directions: Using absolute location, answer the following questions and then label them on
    your political map.

    1. If I am standing on the equator at 20 degrees’ east longitude, what country am I in?


    2. If I am at 30 degrees’ north latitude and 30 degrees’ east longitude, what country am I in?
    3. What country is located at 20 degrees’ north latitude and 30 degrees’ east longitude?
    4. I am the most populous country in Africa, I am located at 10 degrees’ north latitude and 10 degrees’ east latitude.

    Directions: Using relative location descriptions, answer the following questions and label the
    feature on your political map.

    5. Cape Agulhas is the point where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean, in which country would I find this
    point?
    6. This country has the Indian Ocean as its southeastern border and Lake Victoria as its southwestern border.
    7. The city of Juba is the capital of which new country?

    Directions: Using relative location descriptions, answer the following questions and label the
    feature on your physical map.

    8. This is the longest river in the world, it flows north through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea.
    9. From these mountains, you might be able to see both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
    10. There are two countries that share the name of this river located along the equator.
    11. This long narrow lake lies between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
    12. This is the largest lake in Africa, it borders Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
    13. This southern African desert is home to the Bushmen or San people; it is located mainly in the country of
    Botswana.
    14. This long winding river flows through the western Africa cities of Niamey, Gao, Tombouctou, and Bamako.

    Directions: Using relative location descriptions, label these geographic regions on your
    physical map.

    15. This north African desert is the largest desert in the world.
    16. This is the area south of the world’s largest desert; it is a semi-arid region where herding is a major occupation.
    17. When most people think of Africa they picture this lush grassland that is home to many large grazing animals.
    18. This region of thick forests with hot climate and lots of rain is found in the central part of the continent.

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