largest hot desert larger than the us sahel to the south
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AFRICA
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Sahara
Largest hot desert Larger than the US Sahel to the south
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Geographic Features
Africa is a continent of plateaus Coastal plains extend 20 miles from the
coast Step plateaus go from west to east with
escarpments in between them
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Escarpments
Steep cliffs or slopes between plateaus
Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryx graze in the foreground.
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Landscape
Look at the location of the mountains….
Landscape prevents easy access to the interior of Africa
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Cataracts
Waterfalls Make rivers difficult
to navigate Keep invaders out Limited contact and
trade within Africa
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Mt. Kilimanjaro- Africa’s highest mountain
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Great Rift Valley
Geological fault Valley created
when Pangaea broke apart
3500 miles long Over a mile deep in
some places
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African rivers vs European Rivers
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Natural Resources
Diamonds Gold Copper Oil Uranium Manganese Cobalt zinc
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Africa climates
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Oasis
An isolated area of vegetation in a desert, usually located by a spring or water source of some type
People might be: Dependent on it Fight over it Share it Protect it Move from one to
anotherMorroco, anti Atlas, Souk el Had oasis
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Triangular Trade
Europe
Africa
Americas
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Europe in Africa
Divided Africa (think Risk game) Ethnic groups divided between countries People not ready for independence
Financial problems Political problems
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Effects of colonialism
Civil War – like in A Long Way Gone
One-party military states
Underdevelopment Pictures of African
Civil War areas
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African Language
Languages 800
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Religion Christian Muslim Traditional