AFRICA

Sahara

Largest hot desert Larger than the US Sahel to the south

Geographic Features

Africa is a continent of plateaus Coastal plains extend 20 miles from the

coast Step plateaus go from west to east with

escarpments in between them

Escarpments

Steep cliffs or slopes between plateaus

Escarpments of the Great Rift Valley rising above the plain north of Samburu Game Preserve, central Kenya. Beisa oryx graze in the foreground.

Landscape

Look at the location of the mountains….

Landscape prevents easy access to the interior of Africa

Cataracts

Waterfalls Make rivers difficult

to navigate Keep invaders out Limited contact and

trade within Africa

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Mt. Kilimanjaro- Africa’s highest mountain

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Great Rift Valley

Geological fault Valley created

when Pangaea broke apart

3500 miles long Over a mile deep in

some places

African rivers vs European Rivers

Natural Resources

Diamonds Gold Copper Oil Uranium Manganese Cobalt zinc

Africa climates

Oasis

An isolated area of vegetation in a desert, usually located by a spring or water source of some type

People might be: Dependent on it Fight over it Share it Protect it Move from one to

anotherMorroco, anti Atlas, Souk el Had oasis

Triangular Trade

Europe

Africa

Americas

Europe in Africa

Divided Africa (think Risk game) Ethnic groups divided between countries People not ready for independence

Financial problems Political problems

Effects of colonialism

Civil War – like in A Long Way Gone

One-party military states

Underdevelopment Pictures of African

Civil War areas

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African Language

Languages 800

Religion Christian Muslim Traditional