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West Africa

West Africa. Jeremiah Yearicks 6I Mrs.Shephard/Bates. Map of West Africa. Countries in West Africa. Mauritania Mali Niger Chad Senegal Burkina Faso Nigeria Guinea Liberia Cote d’ivoire Ghana Togo Benin Sierra Leone Guinea-Bissau Gambia Cape Verde. Resources.

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West Africa

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  1. West Africa Jeremiah Yearicks 6I Mrs.Shephard/Bates

  2. Map of West Africa

  3. Countries in West Africa • Mauritania • Mali • Niger • Chad • Senegal • Burkina Faso • Nigeria • Guinea • Liberia • Cote d’ivoire • Ghana • Togo • Benin • Sierra Leone • Guinea-Bissau • Gambia • Cape Verde

  4. Resources • Their resources are….. • Agricultural products • Oil • Minerals

  5. Languages • The languages they speak are…….. • Fon • Berber • Arabic • Swahili • Amharic • Yoruba • Igbo • Hausa

  6. Animals and Insects in West Africa • Lions • Giraffes • Raccoons • Apes • Locusts • Armadillo • Wild Pigs/Hogs

  7. The Climate in West Africa • In some parts of West Africa it is tropical. • It is also rainy in most parts of West Africa. • When it is not raining it is mostly sunny.

  8. Foods in West Africa • Biscuit Kolonto • Efio Tiger Nut To go • And many others • They eat organic food in West Africa. Some say it is impossible not to.

  9. Holidays and Dances in West Africa The Senegal is one of the many dances. But they perform the dance in many ways. They do this when they add a new person/baby to their tribe. But their holidays are very different from ours.

  10. Economy • West Africa is the richest part of Africa in their supplies of natural resources which are….. • Major oil fields • Their resources come from the Niger River deltas. • Their resources are just like the U.S.A but they are much richer with it because they get theirs from the Niger River.

  11. Culture • The culture is mainly about music and dancing.

  12. Geography/Physical Features • The region we call west Africa stretches from the Sahara in the north to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea in the west and south.

  13. Early History • Much of what we know about West Africans early history is based on archaeology.

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