Land and resources of Africa

Table of Contents
• Learning Objectives
• Key Vocabulary • Click
• Geography of Africa on the
• The Suez Canal Topic
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The Deserts of Africa
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• The Sahel and West Africa see
• The Rift Valley about!
• Central Africa
• South Africa
• Summary
• Quiz Time!
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Learning Objectives
• To be able to describe the land, rivers, mountains and physical
geography of Africa.
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Key Vocabulary K

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 The Geography of Africa
• Let’s look at Africa’s geography in the next slide!
(A quick fact about Africa’s geography)
 It has the shortest coastline among all continents despite being the
second-largest.
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Indian
Atlantic Ocean
Ocean
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The Suez Canal K

• It was built in the 19th century.

• It connects the Mediterranean sea to the Red sea and allows ships to
pass through.
• (You also might’ve heard about the ship that got stuck in the Suez
Canal recently which blocked the Canal).
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The Deserts of Africa K

• Click on the desert you want to learn about!

• The Sahara Desert
• The Kalahari Desert
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Sahara Desert K

• It’s the world’s largest desert.

• It covers more than 4,800 kilometres.
• Entire countries such as China and The United States Of America can
fit in the Sahara.
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Kalahari Desert K

• In South Africa.
• It’s a semi-arid savannah.
• Surprisingly, despite being a desert, the Kalahari is cooler than the
Sahel or the Sahara.
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The Sahel and West Africa
• The Sahel is a grassy savannah that borders the Sahara Desert.
• Djenne and Timbuktu are some famous cities which are located in the
Sahel.

• The West African Coast were all formerly colonized by the French or
the British.
• Nigeria is rich in oil and petroleum. It’s capital is Lagos.
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The Rift Valley K

• It was created by plate tectonics.

• It runs for about 7,000 kilometres.
• Splits in the formation revealed years of geological rock formation.
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Central Africa K

• Central Africa is dominated by the Congo Basin.

• The area near the Zaire (Congo) River is rich in minerals.
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South Africa K

• Separated from Congo Basin and Kalahari Desert.

• Rich agricultural and mineral area with lots of diamonds.
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 Now, let’s have a quiz!!!
Rules –
• The questions will be Multiple Choice Questions.
• Click the correct answer.
• Have fun!!!
Question-1: When was the Suez Canal built?

The 1700’s

The 1800’s

The 1900’s

The 2000’s
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Question-2: Africa is the ………. largest continent.

The largest

2nd
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3rd
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The smalles
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Question-3: The Sahara covers more than …………
kilometres.
4,800 km

4,700 km

4,900 km

4,600 km
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Question-4: The Rift Valley runs for …………..
Kilometres.
6,000 km

7,000 km

5,000 km

8,000 km
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Question-5: Timbuktu is in West Africa.

True

False
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