Map of Africa.Africa, with more than 11.7 million square miles, is the second-largest continent. The huge Sahara Desert stretches more than 3,000 miles across much of northern Africa from the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas to the Red Sea. The Sahara is so large that the 48 contiguous states of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. could easily fit into it. Sub-Saharan Africa, the area between the Sahara and the continent's southern tip, has vast savannas (grasslands), steamy equatorial rain forests, and two large deserts. While Africa has beautiful mountains, it lacks the huge mountain chains of the other continents. Africa has four major rivers, including the world's longest. Africa has abundant mineral resources Noun 1. mineral resources - natural resources in the form of minerals natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature , especially oil, gold, and diamonds. The tropical rain forests provide important agricultural products. Africa's population exceeds 818 million people. 1. Locate these countries on the map of Africa and name the capital of each. (A) Egypt: __________ (B) Ethiopia: __________ (C) Angola: __________ (D) Senegal: __________ (E) Zambia: __________ (F) Mali: __________ 2. Locate and name the African countries that match the following descriptions. (A) The country that occupies the "horn" of Africa: __________ (B) The countries with a shoreline along the Red Sea: __________ (C) The final country that the Nile River Nile River Arabic Bahr al-Nil River, eastern and northeastern Africa. The longest river in the world, it is about 4,132 mi (6,650 km) long from its remotest headstream (which flows into Lake Victoria) to the Mediterranean Sea. crosses on its journey to the sea: __________ (D) The country bordered by Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , and Namibia: __________ (E) The country on the Atlantic Ocean that is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin: __________ (F) The countries at: 30[degrees]N, 0[degrees] longitude: __________; 15[degrees]N, 30[degrees]E: __________; 10[degrees]S, 20[degrees]E: __________ 3. Locate and name these geographical features of Africa: (A) The 10,000 square-mile lake surrounded by Niger; Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad: __________ (B) The narrow body of water that links the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea [Lat.,=in the midst of lands], the world's largest inland sea, c.965,000 sq mi (2,499,350 sq km), surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa. Geography The Mediterranean is c.2,400 mi (3,900 km) long with a maximum width of c. and separates Africa and Europe: ___________ (C) The oceans and seas that border Africa: __________ (D) The large desert that covers most of northern Africa: __________ (E) The huge island country off Africa's southeastern coast: __________ (F) A major river of west-central Africa that begins in Guinea and flows 2,600 miles on its way to the Atlantic: __________ (G) The desert that occupies parts of Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana: __________ (H) The mountains along Africa's northwest "shoulder": __________ (I) The world's longest river, flowing north a distance of 4,145 miles to the Mediterranean: __________ 4. If you traveled the continent from west to east along 20[degrees]N, through which countries would you travel? ___________ 5. Using the map's scale, calculate the distance (to the nearest 100 miles) from: (A) Niamey, Niger, to Tripoli, Libya: __________ (B) Lusaka, Zambia, to Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. , South Africa: __________ RELATED ARTICLE: Answers Map of Africa 1. (A) Cairo (B) Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (ăd`ĭs ăb`əbə) [Amharic,=new flower], city (1994 pop. 2,112,737), capital of Ethiopia. It is situated at c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains. (C) Luanda (D) Dakar (E) Lusaka (F) Bamako 2. (A) Somalia (B) Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti (optional) (C) Egypt (D) Botswana (E) Togo (F) Algeria; Sudan; Angola 3. (A) Lake Chad Noun 1. Lake Chad - a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river Chad Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean (B) Strait of Gibraltar Noun 1. Strait of Gibraltar - the strait between Spain and Africa Pillars of Hercules - the two promontories at the eastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar; according to legend they were formed by Hercules (C) Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea (D) Sahara Desert (E) Madagascar (F) Niger River (G) Kalahari Desert (H) Atlas Mountains (I) Nile River 4. Mauritania, Mali, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Libya, Sudan 5. (A) 1,400 or 1,500 miles (B) 1,400 miles |
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