SS7G1 The student will locate selected features in Africa. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan and South Sudan.
Country/capitals Kenya- Nairobi Nigeria-Abuja South Africa- Pretoria/Capetown Sudan-Khartoum South Sudan- Juba Egypt-Cairo Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa
SS7G1 The student will locate selected features in Africa. a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, tropical rain forest, Congo River, Niger River, Nile River, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Atlas Mountains, and Kalahari Desert. AC—Great Rift Valley (connection to Continental Drift Theory), Mt. Kilimanjaro b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan. AC—Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Somalia, Liberia
AC--Country/capital 1. Democratic Republic of Congo-Kinshasa 2.Egypt-Cairo 3.Ethiopia—Addis Ababa 4.Ghana—Accra 5.Kenya—Nairobi 6.Liberia-Monrovia 7.Madagascar-Antananarivo 8. Nigeria-Abuja 9. Rwanda-Kigali 10. Somalia-Mogadishu 11. South Africa-Capetown-Pretoria 12. South Sudan-Juba 13. Sudan-Khartoum 14. Tanzania-Dodoma 15. Zimbabwe-Harare 16. Sahara 17. Sahel Orange 18. Savanna Red 19. Tropical Rain Forest Green Yellow
Africa Map Instructions POLITICAL MAP Label all cities and countries with black or blue ink or colored pencil Color each REQUIRED country a different color so they will stand out Be neat! Be accurate!
Africa Map Instructions PHYSICAL MAP (COLOR THE BIOMES FIRST) Label all bodies of water and landforms with black or blue ink or colored pencil Color deserts yellow Color (lightly shade) the SAHEL orange Color (lightly shade) the RAIN FOREST green Color (lightly shade) the SAVANNAH red Color rivers and lakes blue Color mountains brown
Vegetation Zones or “Biomes” SAHEL