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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