1. Let’s explore the continent of Africa!

2. World Map - Africa

3. Africa – Close -up Map

4. Africa – Outline Map
Name the Island to the south east of Africa?

5. Africa – Outline Map
Madagascar

6. Political Map of Africa

7. How many countries are there in Africa?
Quiz:
How many countries are there in Africa?

8. Answer:
54 countries

9. List the continents by size
Quiz:
List the continents by size

10. Answer: Asia Africa North America South America Antarctica Europe
Australia

11. List the continents by population
Quiz:
List the continents by population

12. Answer: Asia Africa Europe North America South America Australia
Antarctica

13. Overview
Africa , the world’s second largest continent by area and population, is comprised of 54 countries.

14. What is Africa’s newest nation?
Overview
What is Africa’s newest nation?

15. Overview
Africa’s newest nation is South Sudan, which gained independence on July 9, 2011.

17. Name the water bodies that border Africa?
Overview
Name the water bodies that border Africa?

18. Overview Borders North – Mediterranean Sea
Northeast – Suez Canal and Red Sea along the Sinai
Peninsula
Southeast - Indian Ocean
West – Atlantic Ocean

21. Overview
What is a plateau?

22. Overview
It is a flat area of high ground.

23. Physical Features
Equator bisects the continent into two nearly equal halves, creating an equatorial climate across most of the continent.

24. Physical Map

25. Physical Features
Geographic features include Coastal Plains, the Atlas Mountains, the Ethiopian Highlands.
The Sahara desert , the third largest in the world covers most of North Africa.
In south, the Kalahari desert has similar conditions.
The Atlas Mountains traverse northwestern Africa through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

27. Physical Features
Which is the third largest desert in the world?

28. Physical Features
The Sahara desert , the third largest in the world covers most of North Africa.
In south, the Kalahari desert has similar conditions.
The Atlas Mountains traverse northwestern Africa through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

29. Physical Features
What are the first two largest deserts in the world?

30. Physical Features
1. Antarctic Polar desert 2. Arctic Polar desert

31. Physical Features
The two largest deserts on Earth are in the polar areas. The Antarctic Polar Desert covers the continent of Antarctica and has a size of about 5.5 million square miles.  

32. Physical Features
The second-largest desert is the Arctic Polar Desert. It extends over parts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. It has a surface area of about 5.4 million square miles. 

34. Physical Features
What is the longest river in the world?

36. Physical Features
What is the largest waterfall in the world?

38. Physical Features

39. Physical Features
What is the second deepest lake in the world?

41. Physical Features

42. Physical Features
What is the tallest mountain in Africa?

59. Countries of Africa

60. A look at some countries
Egypt
South Africa
Guinea
Ethiopia
DRC

61. Ethiopia

62. Africa – Close -up Map

63. Map of Ethiopia

64. Continued
Borders – Sudan to west, Somalia and Djibouti to East, Kenya to South, Eritrea to NorthEast.
Exports – Coffee, Qat, Gold, Leather products

65. Ethiopia Facts
Land Area – 432,310 sq. mi Population - 93,815,992 Capital and Largest City – Addis Ababa Languages – Amharic, Tigrigna, Orominga, Guaragigna, Somali, Arabic, English Ethnicity - Oromo 40%, Amhara and Tigrean 32 % Religion – Islam, Ethiopian orthodox Currency – Birr.

66. South Africa

67. Africa – Close -up Map

68. Map of South Africa

69. South Africa Facts Area – 471,008 sq. mi Population – 48,375,645
Administrative capital – Pretoria
Legislative Capital and Largest city – Cape Town
Judicial Capital – Bloemfontein
Other large cities – Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, Durban
Currency – Rand
Languages – IsiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, English
Exports – Gold, Diamond, platinum and other metals

70. Guinea Population - 11.75 million Capital – Conakry
Official Language – French

71. Africa – Close -up Map

72. Guinea Facts
Borders – Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Cote’ d”Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone.
Physical features include Coastal plain, Mountanious Region, savanna interior and aforest area in the guinea highlands. Highest Peak – Mount Nimba.
Currency – Guinean Franc
Ethnicity – Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30 %, Soussou 20% and other.
Religion – Islam 85%,Christian 8 %
Exports – Bauxite, Alumina, Gold, Diamonds, Coffee and Fish.

73. Democratic Republic Of Congo
Population - 60,764,000
Capital – Kinhasa
Area – 2,344,855 Sq.Km
Language – French, Lingaia, Kingwana, Kikongo, Tshiluba
Religion – Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim
Currency – Congolese franc

74. Africa – Close -up Map

75. Continued Old name – Republic of Zaire
Borders – Republic of Congo and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Zambia to the southeast, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda to the east, Angola to the southwest, Sudan to the northeast and the Central African Republic to the north
Largest Ethnic Group – Bantu
Exports – Cobalt, Coffee, Copper and Diamonds

76. Map of DRC

77. Thank you