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Title: African Regions Source: http:www.nhm.orgafricasciencevegindex.htm

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African RegionsSource http//www.nhm.org/africa/
science/veg/index.htm

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Regions according to location on the continent
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Mountains forests of Africa
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African vegetation Climate

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Facts about Africa

Considered by most scientists to be the origin of
mankind
Africa is a continent of 53 independent countries
and a rich mix of native peoples, cultures,
economies and history
Almost completely encircled by water, it's home
to vast deserts, tropical rain forests, rugged
mountains and fertile grasslands.
Its National Parks, wildlife preserves, and
incredible natural beauty attract an
ever-increasing number of tourists from around
the globe.
Despite its natural wealth and beauty, Africa
includes the fifteen least developed nations in
the world, 70 of its population survives on less
than 2 a day
A majority of African resources have been taped
into by western Nations who continue to benefit
as African people continue to be poor (Oil,
Diamond, Gold, Uranium are some of Africa's
minerals).

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Facts continued..

Africa's Geography
Africa is the second largest continent in the
world. Only Asia is bigger.
Because it has very few jagged coasts and bays,
Africa has the shortest coastline of all the
other continents.
Three-fourths of Africa is in the tropics.
Africa is almost an island. Its only connection
to other land is the tiny Sinai Peninsula in
Egypt.
Africa is four times the size of the United
States.
Africa includes Madagascar, which is the fourth
largest island in the world (Greenland is the
largest).
Kilimanjaro, one of the world's largest
mountains, is actually a volcano.
The African Rift Valley is divided to East and
West- has beautiful landscape.

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Facts continued

Africa's People
Africa is so large that a full population census
has never been made. Estimates say that the
continent and its nearby islands may be home to
as many as 748 million people.
There are over 1,000 different languages in
Africa.
Some African languages are spoken by millions of
people, while others are spoken by only a few
hundred. Some are on the verge of extinction and
are only spoken by a few elderly people.
The topmost part of Africa has several countries
that are actually considered to be part of the
Middle East, such as Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.
Africa's people have more physical variations
than on any other continent in the world.
Africa has some of the shortest and the tallest
people in the world.
Africa is the home of the Human species, which
developed there about 5 million years ago.

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African Rivers

Major river systems with outlets to oceans are
Nile (Mediterranean) Zaire/Congo, Senegal,
Gambia, Niger, Volta, and Orange (Atlantic)
Zambezi and Limpopo (Indian Ocean)
Rivers are important transportation systems in
Africa.
Africa's river valleys have been cradles of major
civilizations.
African rivers have played an important economic
role by providing water to the continent.
Through flooding, African rivers have supplied
fertile soil to enhance agricultural development.

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African Rivers continued

African rivers provide a source of hydroelectric
power (an estimated 40 of the world's
potential).
Most of Africa's rivers cross plateaus and
descend over rapids and waterfalls as they move
toward the coast.
African river patterns suggest that the upper
courses (above inland deltas) move toward
interior basins, with the lower courses moving
toward the coastline.

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Standards Met by this lesson/unit

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Learning outcomes

Locate, comprehend, interpret, evaluate,
maintain, and apply information, concepts, and
ideas found in academic and technical documents,
prose, videos, maps, and gloves, computer files,
in order to perform tasks.
Use numeric ideas, concepts and information
gained from maps, globes, tables, charts, and
diagrams to analyze and synthesize data, and to
identify and solve problems (e.g., extensive use
of African rivers).

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Learning outcomes continued

Identify the following terms associated with
rivers river, source, mouth, delta, waterfall,
cascade, rapid, tributary.
Apply knowledge of these terms by using them to
locate rivers in Africa.
Locate rivers in various regions of Africa.
Analyze the features of different African rivers
and brainstorm about how these rivers might be
used.
Use cardinal and intermediate directions to
locate the physical features of Africa.
Identify the physical features of the continent.

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Connection to global issues

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Evaluation

Learners will write a one page summary of
important facts they learned about Africa ( 10
points)
Draw a map of Africa and show 6 physical
features, 10 cities, oceans, and label 5
countries ( 20 points)
What extensions would you have for this lesson?

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