Geography of Africa Packet page 445-446

1. What was the death route?

• The Trade route that traveled through the Sahara Desert.

2. Africa is the world’s __________ largest continents.

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3. The _________________ slices through the middle of the continent.

Equator

4. What makes up 10% of the land in Africa?___________________Rain Forest

5. Most of Africa lies in the _____________Tropics

6. What are the tropical grasslands Known as?___________________Savannas

7. How do most people of the savannas make a living?

• Most of the people are Hunters and Herders

8. North and South of the savannas are __________. The __________

to the north and The _____________ to the south.

Deserts Sahara

Kalahari

9. Where in Africa is a mild climate that is good for growing crops found?

• Area are along the Mediterranean Sea.

10. Almost all of Africa except the coastal plains rest on a ____________.Plateau

11. What is a Plateau?

• Is area of high flat land.

12. How was the Great Rift Valley formed?

• By plate tectonic movement cracked the continent many years

ago.

13. Why is the Great Rift Valley Important?

• The Great Rift Valley is important because some of the first Human

Fossils have been found there.

14. Africa has many ____________________.Long Rivers

15. List 2 rivers in Africa.

• Nile• Niger• Senegal• Congo• ETC.