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Introduction to Africa

7 th Grade Geography. Introduction to Africa. Africa. Atlas Mountains Located in Northwestern Africa in Morocco. The Atlas Mountains as a backdrop. This scene looks so long-ago. Atlas Mts. Notice how tiny the road is.

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Introduction to Africa

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  1. 7th Grade Geography Introduction to Africa

  2. Africa

  3. Atlas Mountains Located in Northwestern Africa in Morocco.

  4. The Atlas Mountains as a backdrop. This scene looks so long-ago.

  5. Atlas Mts. Notice how tiny the road is.

  6. Mount Kilimanjaro is among the tallest freestanding mountains in the world, rising 15,100 feet from the base.

  7. Compare Atlas Mountains Mount Kilimanjaro

  8. Sahara Desert

  9. Saharan Dunes. They seem endless.

  10. Lake Victoria is located in eastern Africa. Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest lake, and the largest tropical lake in the world.

  11. Victoria Falls on the Zambezi in southern Africa.

  12. Victoria Falls. Magnificent.

  13. The Nile. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that "Egypt was the gift of the Nile.”

  14. Blue Nile Waterfalls

  15. A video. • http://online.culturegrams.com/multimedia/video_player.php?type=World

  16. An interview. • http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_popupinterview.php?interviews_id=61

  17. Sources • http://photos.igougo.com/images/p71521-Erfoud-The_Sahara_Desert.jpg • http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.area-daily.com/travel/image-080903-Sahara-Desert-Exploration-Tunisia-Africa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.area-daily.com/travel/em080903-Sahara-Desert-Exploration-Tunisia-Africa.html&usg • http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/3000/3054/kilimanjaro_etm_2 • http://www.foreign-independent-tours.com/images/tourdetails/EgyptNileRiver.jpg • http://images.google.com/images?q=Victoria%20Falls&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi • Medieval Tannery. Prod. CultureGrams. ProQuest, 2006. Video clip. Web. 2 May 2010.

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