AFRICA MAP WORKSHEETS

Name:______

Northern Region
(ORANGE)
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
/ Western Region
(GREEN)
Chad
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sierra Leone / Central Africa
(BLUE)
Cent. African Repub.
Congo
Uganda
Rwanda / East Africa
(RED)
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania / South Africa
(PURPLE)
Angola
Madagascar
Mozambique
South Africa
Zimbabwe

Atlantic Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Congo Basin
Congo River
Indian Ocean
Lake Chad / Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Mediterranean Sea
Niger River
Nile River
Red Sea / Atlas Mountains
Great Rift Valley
Kalahari Desert
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Sahara
Strait of Gibraltar

Label: Oceans, Rivers, Cape’s, Lakes, and Mountains.

Overview of Africa

Location

Turn to the map on page RA 18-19 of thetextbook.

  1. Which ocean borders Africa on the west? On the east? ______
  2. Which line of latitude runs through the center of Africa? ______
  3. Which part of Africa has the higher elevations: west and central, or south and east? ______

Place

Study the climographs of Kano, Nigeria, and Kimberley, South Africa, on page 506.

  1. On page 524, who Nelson Mandela was? ______What is Apartheid? ______
  2. In which month does Country has the greatest rainfall?______

Human-Environment Interaction

  1. Study the material on page 111 of your Geography Book. Which endangered speciesroams a large, crescent-shaped area from West Africa to southern Africa?

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Movement

  1. Study the land & population maps on page 410-414 of the book. Apart from the difficultyof rivertransportation, why did early European colonists in southern Africa staynear the coast?

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Regions

Turn to the map of Africa on page 427 of the book.

  1. What is the dominant climate region in North Africa? ______
  2. Name one climate region that is found only to the south of 20°S latitude. ______

Northern Africa

Location

Turn to the maps on page RA- 18-19.

  1. Which European country is directly north of Morocco? ______
  2. Which European country is closest to Tunisia? ______
  3. The Tropic of Cancer passes through every North African country except two.Name them. ______

Place

Study the map of Egypt on page 404-450 of the textbook.

  1. Which three bodies of waterborder or run into the Sinai Peninsula?______
  1. The Suez Canal separates what two bodies of land? ______

Human-Environment Interaction

  1. Study the resource map on page 412 of the textbook. What are Egypt’s three leading minerals?

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Movement

  1. Study the map on page 404 of the textbook. Imagine a caravan driver bringingoranges from fields along the coast near Casablanca, Morocco, to the markets inTangier. What cities would the driver pass through to get to Tangier? Give the political significance of one of those cities.

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Regions

  1. Turn to the maps on page RA 18-19 of the Nystrom atlas. Describe the location of theSahara. What is its average rainfall? In what direction has it been growing?

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West and Central Africa

Location

Study the maps on pages RA-18 or Atlas of the textbook.

  1. Which countries are divided by the Equator?

______

  1. Name three lakes that border the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the east.

______

  1. By looking at the globe for the slave trade, what is the estimated amount of slaves exported from Africa? How many estimated were sold in the US?

______

Place

Turn to the maps on pages RA-18-19 of the textbook.

  1. What major river runs through the western half of the region? ______
  1. Name three West African countries that the Prime Meridian runs through. ______

Human-Environment Interaction

  1. Study the graph of population growth on page 498. Howdoes the Nigerian birthrate compare with the world average?

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Movement

Turn to the maps on page RA-18-19.

  1. To which area were more enslaved Africans brought: North America or theCaribbean region?

______

  1. Name six present-day West African nations from which enslaved Africans weretaken.

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Regions

Study the population density map on page 498-520 & of the textbook. (Use both pages)

  1. Which two cities in West and Central Africa have populations of over 100 Per sq. km?

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  1. Which West and Central African nations have large uninhabited areas?

______

East and Southern Africa

Location

Study the map of South Africa on page 509.

  1. In which of South Africa’s three capital cities do the legislators meet?

______

  1. What is the distance in miles between Durban on the Indian Ocean andJohannesburg in the Transvaal?

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  1. Name the southernmost cape on the African continent.

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Place

Study the map on page 506 of the textbook.

  1. What large island lies off the east coast of Africa?

______

  1. What body of water separates Madagascar from the mainland?

______

  1. How high is Africa’s highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro?

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Human-Environment Interaction

Turn to the map on page 510-520 of the book.

  1. Find the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. This is where scientists foundremains and tools of some of the earliest people on Earth. Olduvai Gorge is part ofwhat ancient geological formation?

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  1. Tanzania was formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. What is Zanzibar?Where is it?

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Movement

  1. Study the map on page 507 of the Nystrom atlas. What country must one crosstraveling north from Ethiopia to the Red Sea?

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Regions

  1. Study the economic activity map on page 400 or 500 of the textbook. Which region is richerin natural resources: Southern Africa or East Africa?

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