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Seventh Grade Social Studies
Unit  1:  Geography  of  Africa  

Physical  Geography  of  Africa  Guided  Notes  

 
Directions    
Fill  in  the  blanks  while  viewing  the  presentation  “Physical  Geography  of  Africa.”  
 
Atlas  Mountains  
•Located  along  the  coast  of  the  _________________________________________  
•Separates  the  ________________  regions  from  the  ________________________________  
 
Sahara  Desert  
•Runs  across  the  width  of  ________________Africa  
•World’s  largest  ________________  
•Comprised  of  ________________________________,  ________________________________,  and  wide  stretches  of  
________________  
•________________  people  live  there  
•________________cross  the  desert  to  ________________  
 
Sahel  
•Located  ________________of  the  Sahara  
•A  dry,  ________________________________region  that  is  slowly  turning  into  ________________  
•Little  ________________  
•People  have  tried  to  ________________there,  but  generations  of  ________________  and  ________________  
have  caused  soil  erosion  
 
Savanna  
•Located  near  the  ________________  
•Vast  area  of  ________________and  more  ________________habitats  
•Large  variety  of  ________________,  including  lions  and  elephants  
•________________is  good,  when  there  is  good  ________________  
 
Rainforest  
•Located  along  the  ________________  ________________  
•Hot  and  ________________climates,  with  dense  ________________  with  trees  that  are  ________________of  
feet  tall  
•Large  variety  of  ________________  
•Biggest  threat:  ________________  growth  that  requires  ________________for  ________________  
 
Kalahari  Desert  
•Located  in  the  ________________part  of  Africa  
•Surrounded  by  ________________________________areas  that  are  slowly  becoming  ________________  
 
Nile  River  
•World’s  ________________river  
•Flows  ________________  for  over  4,000  miles  and  empties  into  the  ____________________Sea  
•________________  Nile  and  ________________  Nile  are________________  
•Provides  water  for  ________________  and  ________________  
 
©  2011  Clairmont  Press  
Name:  _____________________________Date:  ________________    Class:  __________  
Seventh Grade Social Studies
Unit  1:  Geography  of  Africa  

Physical  Geography  of  Africa  Guided  Notes  

 
Nile  River  
1.Why  do  you  think  the  area  around  the  Nile  River  looks  green  from  space?  
 
 
2.What  is  the  term  used  to  describe  what  happens  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  shown  above?  
 
 
Lake  Victoria  
•Largest  ________________in  Africa  
•________________  Nile  begins  here  
•Located  in  ________________Africa  
 
Congo  River  
•Flows  through  ________________  and  ________________  Africa,  through  the  largest  
__________________________  in  Africa  and  the  ________________  largest  in  the  world  
•  Begins  in  ________________  Africa,  near  Lake  Tanganyika    
•  Flows  almost  ________________miles  before  it  reaches  the  ________________Coast  
 
Lake  Tanganyika  
•One  of  the  largest  _______________________  lakes  in  the  world  
•Located  in  ________________  Africa  
•One  of  the  ________________  lakes  in  the  world  
 
Niger  River  
•________________  largest  river  in  Africa  
•Flows  from  ________________  over  ________________miles  to  the  coast  
•________________  of  the  river  flows  a  large  ________________,  sometimes  referred  to  the  
“__________________________”  because  of  the  ________________  industry  centered  there  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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