Let’s Explore Africa!Can you locate the important
countries and physical features on the continent?
Click this Sahara Desert sand dune to get
started!
Nope! Remember, Antarctica is on the south pole at the bottom of the
globe!
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Nope! Remember North America is where you live! See
the shape of the USA?
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Nope! Remember South America is south of North
America (where you live) and is mostly in the southern hemisphere.
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Nope! Remember Europe is a small continent attached to Asia!
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Nope! Remember Asia is the largest continent!
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Nope! Remember Australia is the “land down under”! It is a small continent
completely in the southern hemisphere!
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Great job! You have located Africa!
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Africa!
Click on the country Egypt
Great! You found Egypt!
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Click on the country South Africa
Great! You found South Africa!
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Click on the country Kenya
Great! You found Kenya!
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Click on the country Libya
Great! You found Libya!
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A river is a long, narrow body of moving water.
Click on the Nile River
Great! You found the Nile River, which runs through Egypt!
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Click on the Congo River
Great! You found the Congo River!
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Click on the Niger River
Great! You found the Niger River!
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Okay, now that you have located the major rivers of Africa, let’s locate other major bodies of water! Click on
the Indian Ocean.
Great! You found the Indian Ocean!
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Click on the Atlantic Ocean.
Great! You found the Atlantic Ocean!
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Click on Lake Victoria.
Great! You found Lake Victoria!
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Click on the Southern Ocean.
Great! You found the Southern Ocean! Take a moment to look at the five oceans on the map
below.
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Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
IndianOcean
Pacific Ocean
AtlanticOcean Pacific
Ocean
There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around the Atlas Mountains.
Great! You found the Atlas Mountains. They are in the northern part of the continent.
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There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around the Cape of Good Hope.
Great! You found the Cape of Good Hope! Bartolomeu Diaz sailed around the bottom tip of Africa, explored the African coast, and found a way to the
Indian Ocean from Portugal.
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There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around Mt. Kenya.
Great! You found Mt. Kenya! It is east of Lake Victoria.
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There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Great! You found Mt. Kilimanjaro! It is southeast of Lake Victoria.
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The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert. (Antarctica is the world’s largest cold desert!) It is almost as big as our
whole country! Click on the area of Africa where you would find the Sahara.
Correct! The Sahara Desert is located in northern Africa!
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