The African Geography

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The African Geography

• A Limiter and a Resource

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Basic structure

• Think of Africa as a plate turned upside down.
• Think of rivers from the interior falling off the
  base of the plate fairly near to the edge.
  
• There are no rivers in Africa that give ocean
  access to the interior.

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Where are the jungles?

• Most of Africa is dry, from savannah to desert.
• The jungles are relatively small, but are a
  barrier on the West Coast.
  
• Where did Europeans settle (after 1885)?

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Where are the minerals?

• South Africa
• Botswana
• Katanga
• Gold Coast
• Nigeria

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Where is the oil?

• Nigeria
• Libya
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Equatorial Guinea
• Chad
• Angola
• Sudan

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Where are the people?

• Nigeria
• Egypt
• South Africa

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Where is Islam predominant?

• All of Africa north of the Sahara
• The savannah regions south of the Sahara
• All the borders of the Red Sea (excepting
  Ethiopia)
  
• All of the East Coast to Zanzibar.
• Pockets elsewhere.

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And the modern day states?

• Learn them there will be a quiz.

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Among former British Colonies

• Egypt
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Sierra Leone
• Ghana
• Zimbabwe
• Kenya
• Tanzania

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Former French colonies include

• Algeria
• Tunisia
• Chad
• Mauritania
• Burkina Faso
• Ivory Coast