1. The Shape of the Land A Vast Continent What does “vast” mean? How big is Africa?

3. Location: Straddles the equator (almost cutting it in half) making much of it in the tropics; two major oceans; center of trade (changed due to Suez Canal)

5. Regions: book says north, west, east, central and south: North Africa – most closely associated with Middle East Sub-Sahara – south of the Sahara, HIV/AIDS a huge problem West Africa

7. Landforms Plateaus: most of the continent is a series of these; 367 ft vs. 7,000 ft (p. 62) escarpments (steep cliffs) formed by rivers cutting through; Great Rift Valley: giant fault in eastern part of the continent p. 61

8. Rivers Hydroelectric Power – energy created by moving water; important resource The Nile: 4,000 miles making it longest in the world; earliest civilizations; Aswan Dam created Lake Nasser to help with flood issues and power. Other Key Rivers: Congo, Niger, Zambezi

9. Natural Resources Mineral Exports: diamonds –where?, copper, oil in the Sahara, etc. Uneven Distribution: some have much, some have little

10. AFRICA!

11. Equator – connect the lines

12. Atlas Mountains

13. Drakensberg Mountains during our Winter

14. Drakensberg Mountains Winter (which is our Summer )

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16. Mt. Kenya

17. Mt.Kilimanjaro

18. 3 4

19. The Great Rift Valley

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21. Nile River Egypt

22. Nile River in Uganda

23. Lake Nasser

24. Niger River

25. Zambezi River

26. Zambezi at Victoria Falls

27. Congo River

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29. Lake Chad

30. 2007 Lake Chad “shows slight recovery”

31. Lake Victoria

32. Lake Tanganyika

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34. Sahara Desert

35. Kalahari Desert

36. Namib Desert

37. 14 15 16

38. Suez Canal

39. SUEZ Canal