Africa Map and Regions

1. Africa Map and Regions

2. What is the name of this river

3. The Nile river

4. What country is this?

5. Libya

6. What country is this?

7. Egypt

8. What country is this?

9. tunisia

10. The circle covers what?

11. The Sahara desert

12. The arrow points to what area?

13. The Congo basin

14. What is this lake?

15. Lake Victoria

16. What is the name of this mountain?

17. Mount Kilimanjaro

18. Name the landform

19. Great rift valley

20. What is the name of this island?

21. madagascar

22. What country is this?

23. angola

24. What body of water is this?

25. Cape of good hope

26. What body of water is this?

27. Mozambique Channel

28. What country is this?

29. South africa

30. What city is this?

31. Johannesburg, South Africa

32. What is this country

33. nigeria

34. What region of Africa is this? • Cultural Hearth – Parts of this African culture have spread throughout Africa through the “Bantu Migrations”, and through the world due to slavery. • Three empires in the region, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai – supported by gold and salt exports. • Extremely diverse population – thousands of languages and ethnic groups.

35. West Africa • Cultural Hearth – Parts of this African culture have spread throughout Africa through the “Bantu Migrations”, and through the world due to slavery. • Three empires in the region, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai – supported by gold and salt exports. • Extremely diverse population – thousands of languages and ethnic groups.

36. What region of Africa is this? • Region faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate and higher. • Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, and others. • This region has a country once under Apartheid – whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens. Ended in 1994, due in part to Nelson Mandela

37. Southern Africa • Region faces huge problem with AIDS/HIV, 25% infection rate and higher. • Vast amounts of natural resources: gold, diamonds, metals, uranium, and others. • This region has a country once under Apartheid – whites ruled, blacks as 2nd class citizens. Ended in 1994, due in part to Nelson Mandela

38. What region of Africa is this? • Region colonized by France and Belgium. King Leopold II of Belgium ran the Congo as his private property, destroying much of it. After independence, the region fell into civil war. • Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated across Africa and spread their culture. They lived in “stateless societies” before colonization. • Region centered on the Congo River Basin.

39. Central Africa • Region colonized by France and Belgium. King Leopold II of Belgium ran the Congo as his private property, destroying much of it. After independence, the region fell into civil war. • Originally home to the Bantu people, who migrated across Africa and spread their culture. They lived in “stateless societies” before colonization. • Region centered on the Congo River Basin.

40. What region of Africa is this? • Persistent problems with piracy, warfare and famine in “Horn of Africa” • Cash Crops such as coffee, tea, sugar • Crossroads for many trade routes with Middle East, India, and Asia. Mainly rural and agricultural... Sahel nations are a mess, Kenya and Tanzania are doing okay. • Region depends heavily on tourism (in Serengeti and Kilimanjaro).

41. Eastern Africa • Persistent problems with piracy, warfare and famine in “Horn of Africa” • Cash Crops such as coffee, tea, sugar • Crossroads for many trade routes with Middle East, India, and Asia. Mainly rural and agricultural... Sahel nations are a mess, Kenya and Tanzania are doing okay. • Region depends heavily on tourism (in Serengeti and Kilimanjaro).