jeopardy! africa lps geography standard 4.1 lps standard 4.1 4.1.1 locate major bodies of...
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LPS Standard 4.1
4.1.1 Locate major bodies of water/rivers important to the geography of Africa:
ァァ Atlantic Ocean
ァァ Indian Ocean
ァァ Red Sea
ァァ Mediterranean Sea
ァァ Lake Victoria
ァァ Nile River (White and Blue)
ァァ Congo River
ァァ Suez Canal
4.1.2 Locate major land features of Africa:
ァァ Sahara Desertァァ Congo Basin (Rainforest)ァァ Ethiopian Highlandsァァ Great Rift Valleyァァ Serengeti Plainァァ Atlas Mountainsァァ Mt. Kilimanjaroァァ Kalahari Desertァァ Sahel
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)
•Khartoum, Sudan•Tripoli, Libya•Casablanca, Morocco•Nairobi, Kenya•Dar es Salaam, Tanzania•Addis Ababa, Ethiopia•Cairo, Egypt
ON THE MAPCountries by
CapitalBodies of Water Landforms Did You Know?
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JEOPARDY!
FINAL JEOPARDY
Bodies of Water - 100
Bordered by two continents and the
countries of Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Moses
crossed me on dry land.
Landforms - 200
Transition area between the desert and land with
vegetation. Growing because of continued
defoliation and land use.
Landforms - 300
Large “scar” in the eastern part of Africa formed by
seismic activity thousands of years ago.
Landforms - 400
Mountain range along the northern coast of Africa
reaching a height of 13,000 feet or higher in
some places.
Landforms - 500
Largest desert in sub-Saharan Africa. It covers
several countries and thousands of square
miles.
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? - 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? - 500
Name one of the two African countries to never
have been under European colonial rule.
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?