The document provides an overview of the geography of Africa. It describes the physical features of Northern Africa, including the Sahara Desert, which contains ergs (sandy deserts) and regs (stony deserts). It notes that the Nile River has been important to farming. Northern Africa has resources like oil, gas, and minerals. It has a free port in Tangier, Morocco, which provides an advantage for trade. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease and a major health problem in many parts of Africa. The Great Rift Valley and Mt. Kilimanjaro are located in Eastern Africa. Virtually all of Africa was colonized by European countries after World War 2, and African countries started

1. Geography of Africa
A satellite picture of Africa at
night. . . What does the light, or
lack thereof, tell you about
Africa?
Photo Citation: bcnn5.com

2. Physical Features of Northern Africa
Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea
Mediterranean to the North, Sahara to the South

3. Physical Features:
Sahara Desert – largest hot desert
Ergs of the Sahara
Regs of the Sahara

4. Physical Features:
The Nile River
Above: The Nile is like an oasis in the desert
Top Right: For centuries, farming has been a
major way of life around the Nile
Bottom Right: The Nile flows north, as the delta
empties into the Mediterranean Sea; the Sinai
Peninsula to the east

5. Resources
Crops of wheat,
barley, olives,
grapes, citrus
fruits, and cotton
Fishing
Oil and Gas
Iron Ore and
Minerals
Copper, Gold,
and Silver
Above: An oil refinery in Libya

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Q1. What are ergs and regs and where would
you find them in Northern Africa?

7. Pyramids and hieroglyphics left by the Ancient
Egyptians Northern Africa History
European control in Africa

8. A fellahin of Egypt
Northern Africa Today
People and Cities
Casbah of Algiers in Algeria
Egypt’s capital city, Cairo
Free port of Carpet making is one of the
Tangier in oldest crafts of Egypt’s textile
Morocco industry

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Q2. Where can you find a free port in
Northern Africa? What is the advantage of a
free port?

10. Coastline and Forest
The Sahel Region
Western Africa Landforms and Climate
The Sahara Desert
Physical Geography
The Savanna

11. Physical Geography: Resources
Resources Include: diamonds, gold, iron ore, manganese,
bauxite, and oil
Staple Crops: millet and sorghum
Other Sources of Income: fishing, cotton

12. History and Culture:
The Slave Trade

13. History and Culture: Colonial Era and
Independence
Late 1800s – Many
European countries
compete for colonies
1820s – Liberia remained
free as the Americans set
it up as a home for freed
slaves
1950’s and 1960’s –
Many colonies gain
independence in western
Africa
1974 – Portugal finally
gives up its western
Africa colonies

14. History and Culture:
Challenges
Ethnic Rivalries
Health Conditions

15. History and Culture: Culture
Traditional Clothing/Robes
Rural home in West Africa Animism Worship

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Q3. What is malaria? Why is it a problem?

17. Physical Geography: From East to
West

18. Physical Geography: Traveling Further
East
Great Rift Valley
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Lake Victoria
Blue and White
Nile

19. Left: A drawing of the Kongo
Kingdom
Below: European colonization
map
History and Culture
Left: A group of slave children
aboard the “Daphne
Right: European colonization
map

20. Modern Eastern and Central
Africa

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Q4. What is a rift? What unique physical
feature does Africa have related to rifts?

22. Physical Features of Southern Africa:
Deserts to Waterfalls
Above: Kalahari, Top: Namib Waterfalls of Southern Africa

23. Kimberly Diamond Mine in South Africa
Physical Features: Resources
Gold, diamonds, platinum, copper, uranium, coal, iron, crops,
livestock, herders

24. History and Culture:
European Control
Top Left: Afrikaner
commandos
Top Middle: Gathering
ivory
Top Right: Colonization
of Africa
Bottom Left: Digging for
diamonds
Bottom Right: Political
cartoon showing
imperialism

25. South Africa’s Recent Past
Racial Divisions
Left and Bottom Right: Examples of Apartheid
TopRight: Young Nelson Mandela

26. South Africa’s Recent Past:
Pressures Against South Africa
Independence from Europe
End to Apartheid
Nelson Mandela Elected

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Q5. Virtually all of Africa was once colonized
by countries from which continent? It wasn’t
until after which major war that the African
countries started to gain independence?

28. Picture Citations
 Slide 2  Slide 10
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 weru.ksu.edu m
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 sb.westfordk12.us  ancientfoods.wordpress.com
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 Slide 8  Slide 14
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29. Picture Citations Continued . . .
 Slide 17  Slide 22
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 mediafreedominternational.org  photography-match.com
 greenpeace.org.uk  pm.oneworldtechnologies.com
 Slide 18  blog.biographyonline.net
 contact-donate-  Slide 23
invest.sonsofeve.org  african-dune.com
 circleofblue.org  Slide 24
 brandonsneed.com  studygroup-bd.org
 growingalibrary.wordpress.com  historiainfinitus.com
 history.howstuffworks.com  africahunting.com
 africanwater.org  thesouthafricaguide.com
 Slide 19  en.wikipedia.org
 newworldencyclopedia.org
 Slide 25
 megumitoai.wordpress.com
 southafrica-for-dummies.com
 Slide 20  ottawadownsideup.blogspot.com
 awtreyms.blogs.com  southafrica.to
 caribbeanbookblog.wordpress.com  Slide 26
 humanrightsblogucf.blogspot.com  tyronevh.wordpress.com
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