Regions of the World: Africa

Part 1: Geography of Africa

  1. Africa is the ______largest of all 7 continents.
  2. Africa is boarded on two sides by oceans, the ______on the west and ______on the east.
  3. Where the two oceans come together is the famous ______.
  4. The Mediterranean Sea and the _ Sea borders Africa to the north.
  5. The _ River is the longest river in the world.
  6. The ______and the ______cultures thrived around the NileRiver over 2,000 years ago.
  7. There are two groups of people, the “white” Africans known as the ______live in the north. The “______” Africans lives in the southern 2/3 of the country.

Part 2: Regions of Africa Africa is divided into 6 regions: Northeast Africa, Northwest Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, and South Africa.

  1. North Africa has some of the ______farmland.
  2. Northwest Africa has a ______coastal population and shares cultural features with ______neighbors to the north.
  3. West Africa is split with ______to the north and tropical ______to the south.
  4. Central Africa is made up of countries in the tropical ______.
  5. In East Africa, people come from all around the world to view this country’s ______.
  6. In South Africa, the countries South Africa and Zimbabwe are the regions two ______countries.
  7. Madagascar is the ______largest island in the world.

Part 3: Geographical Features

  1. The most dominant feature is the ______desert.
  2. The Sahara desert is the ______desert in the world.
  3. There is water in the deserts in the ______.
  4. Africa was once connected to ______, but because of continental drift and tectonic forces, the two continents moved apart.
  5. Most of Africa is a great rolling ______. The exception would be the ______of East Africa.
  6. The ______contains some of Africa’s largest lakes, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Nyassa.
  7. The Nile River is actually fed by two rivers, the ______Nile and the ______Nile.

Part 4: Climates: Africa is a mixture of Tropical, Semi-Tropical, and Arid climates.

  1. The northern most climate is the Mediterranean climate which is ______all year round.
  2. The desert climates are found in both the ______and ______of the continent.
  3. The middle of Africa is marked by a ______area in the west and a semi-arid savanna climate is found.
  4. The savanna consists of mainly ______with medium sized trees.

Part 5: Ecosystems

  1. The Savanna area is where there are more ______than anywhere else on the earth.
  2. Most of Africa is inhospitable to live in; therefore, most of Africa’s people live along the ______.

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Africa Part 2: History and Human Geography

Part 1: Ancient History

  1. Humanoid species (human-like) have been found ______in Africa so far, including the famous “______”, who is the earliest complete humanoid ______found.
  2. Humans started as hunters and gathers, but started agriculture around the _ River.
  3. The ______was once a lush grasslands and forest.
  4. ______conquered ancient Egypt and created a port city of Alexandria.
  5. The last Egyptian ruler was ______.
  6. The Arabs used ______for their major mode of transportation.
  7. Sub-Sahara consists mainly of ______African people.
  8. The kingdoms formed: Nubia. They have more in common with the people of the ______than the ______Africans to the south.
  9. The four major kingdoms of Africa:
  10. Ghana Kingdom: ______AD to 1,000 AD
  11. The ______: 1200 AD to 1400 AD
  12. Songhai Kingdom: 1400 AD to ______AD
  13. Great Zimbabwe built the great city of ______Zimbabwe
  14. Most of these kingdoms were based upon ______with the Arabs of the Middle East.

Part 2: Modern History

  1. The Sahara people became involved in human ______.
  2. In the 1500 to the 1800s, Africans sold each other into slavery to the Caribbean, South and North ______.
  3. Because the healthiest people were sold into slavery, this created a huge void in the African economy.
  4. Europeans first came as ______, then as conquerors.
  5. ______brought Africa under European rule, took only about 20 years.
  6. Colonization is the cause of many of Africa’s political problems today because they did not respect the African’s tribal boundaries.
  7. In the 2nd half of the 20th century, the African colonies declared themselves ______, but War, Famine, disease, and illiteracy hurt the counties economic progress.

People and Resources:

  1. Africa’s people are more ______than on any other continent. 1,000 ethnic groups.
  2. 800 different languages, broken into two types ______in the north and Bantu in the ______.
  3. Three types of religions: ______, ______, and ______.
  4. The Masai still live as ______with a large warrior class.
  5. Even though some Africans still live in small villages, most of the people live in large ______near the coasts.
  6. Even though Africa is rich in natural resources ______left Africa without strong government or economic systems.
  7. Without democracies, it was easy for ______to take over and rule the countries.
  8. One industry that thrives here is ______.