WG: Africa Atlas Activity

What artificial (man made) lake helps irrigate fields along the Nile River banks?

Which lake forms part of the western border of Tanzania?

What two smaller nations appear to have been carved out of South Africa?

What is Africa’s most dominant climate zone?

Where is the Sahara Desert located?

Where are Indo-European languages most commonly spoken?

About how far would a trader have had to travel from Tunis to Timbuktu?

What bodies of water form the boundaries of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Through which countries does the Nile River run?

What is Africa’s most prominent highland (highest elevation) landform?

On which continent did Islam begin?

What is the largest country in Central Africa?

Where is the Kalahari Desert located?

Which country of East Africa managed to avoid becoming a colony of any European power?

What large freshwater lake is the source of the Nile River?

Which West African capitals are coastal cities?

What climate zones are found only in South Africa?

What Southern African country’s geography is almost completely covered by desert?

What are the most common language groups in the Southern Africa region?

What mountain range is found along the northern coast of Morocco and Algeria?

What is the most common type of farming done in Africa?

In what region of Africa does most of the livestock raising take place?

Name the narrow (thin) body of water that separates northern Africa from Spain.

What large island nation is located across the Mozambique Channel from the African mainland?

Between which years did Islam achieve its greatest growth in Africa?

What city is located at the branching point between the White and Blue Nile?

Toward what body of water does the Nile River flow?