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Angola and Namibia
Created byMr. Raponi
ObjectivesStudents will be able to define exclave and give two examples of the word.Students will be able to discuss culture in Namibia.Students will be able to locate Angola and Namibia on a map of Africa.
Angola
NamibiaBotswana
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Angola is a huge, nearly square mass of land that covers more than 480,000 miles, an area larger than Texas and California put together.
Angola also include a
tiny, _____________, or an area of a country that is separated from the main part.
Who can give me an Exclave of the United States?
The Land
Most of Angola is part of the same huge inland plateau that sweeps through the Republic of South Africa.
Many rivers cover this area, some flow into
the _________________ in the north and others flow into the
_________________ Ocean
More Land
Hilly grasslands cover northern Angola. The southern part of the country is a rocky desert.
If you traveled across Angola, you experience two types of climate
__________________ areas has a desert climate.
The inland plateau has a tropical climate.
The Economy
Nearly _________ of
Angola’s _________ million people live in the countryside where subsistence farmers grow corn, cotton, and sugarcane.
Mining provides most of Angola’s income. Angola is rich in diamonds, iron ore and manganese,
______________ is the country’s leading export.
History
In the 1400s, the
______________ kingdom ruled a large part of northern Angola.
From the 1500s until its independence in 1975, Angola was a colony of
______________.
Although African languages are spoken,
_________________________ is the official language.
South of Angola lies Namibia, one of Africa’s
_______________ countries.
Namibia became independent in
________________ after 75 years of South African rule.
The Land
Namibia has a land area of 317,870 sq miles, ½ the size of
____________________.
A large plateau runs directly down the center and is the most populated area of the country.
The _________________ desert runs almost the entire length of Namibia’s Atlantic coast, it stretches for 1200 miles.
The Namib Desert
The Economy
Namibia’s economy relies on the export of
___________________.
The country is rich in deposits of diamonds, copper, silver, and zinc.
Due to its desert environment, the country has trouble feeding its people as farmers receive barely enough rainfall to grow corn.
I’mHungry!
Yummy Breakfast
One of kid’s favorite foods in Namibia is scrambled Ostrich Eggs.
A Bit More About the Ostrich Eggs
A BIG Space Rock
The Hoba Meteorite which is thought to have hit the Earth 80,000 years ago is found in Namibia, and it is the largest known meteorite in the world.
Weighing over 60 TONS, it is 9 feet long and 8 feet wide
Where you see it now, is where it hit way back when. It is too heavy to move!
Population Only ___________ million
people live in Namibia- one of the least populated countries of Africa.
Most people belong to African ethnic groups.
English and
_____________________, a language created by Dutch settlers in the area, are the official languages.
Namibia