LPS Standard 4.1 Continued: Selected Countries of Africa
– Egypt
– Algeria
– Libya
– Nigeria
– Sudan
– Kenya
– Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo)
– Chad
– Morocco
– Tanzania
– South Africa
– Zimbabwe
– Ethiopia
– Mozambique
– Madagascar
– Namibia
– Angola
– Mali
– Senegal
– Somalia
LPS Standard 4.1 Continued: Selected Cities of Africa
•Lagos, Nigeria•Cape Town, South Africa•Johannesburg, South Africa•Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Cote D’Voire)•Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
My basin covers most of Equatorial Africa and it’s
rainforest.
Bodies of Water - 400 answer
What is the Congo River?
Bodies of Water - 500
Artificial ‘river’ connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean
Sea.
Bodies of Water - 500 answer
What is the Suez Canal?
Landforms - 100
Largest desert in the world.
Landforms - 100 answer
What is the Sahara?
Landforms - 200
Transition area between the desert and land with
vegetation. Growing because of continued
defoliation and land use.
Landforms - 200 answer
What is the Sahel?
Landforms - 300
Large “scar” in the eastern part of Africa formed by
seismic activity thousands of years ago.
Landforms - 300 answer
What is the Great Rift Valley?
Landforms - 400
Mountain range along the northern coast of Africa
reaching a height of 13,000 feet or higher in
some places.
Landforms - 400 answer
What are the Atlas Mountains?
Landforms - 500
Largest desert in sub-Saharan Africa. It covers
several countries and thousands of square
miles.
Landforms - 500 answer
What is the Kalahari Desert?
Did You Know? - 100
Highest mountain in Africa.
Did You Know? - 100 answer
What is Mt. Kilimanjaro?
Did You Know? - 200
It’s source is Lake Victoria and it flows from South to
North.
Did You Know? - 200 answer
What is the Nile River?
Did You Know? - 300
Africa was once known as the “‘____’ Continent” because
many of the earliest European explorers died
there as a result of disease, etc.
Did You Know? - 300 answer
What is “Dark”?
Did You Know? - 400
Famous Doctor who was the first European to see Victoria Falls which the natives called
“smoke that thunders” Explorer Henry Stanley
found him ‘we presume’.
Did You Know? - 400 answer
Who is Dr. David Livingstone?
Did You Know? - 500
Name one of the two African countries to never
have been under European colonial rule.
Did You Know? - 500 answer
What are Liberia and Ethiopia (acc: Eritrea)?
FINAL JEOPARDY!
When sailors attempted to go around Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries, they were glad when they reached a particular point on the African Continent. Because of this, they gave the place what fitting name?