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Africa & Map Skills
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Review what we've learned about #maps and the #geography of #Africa
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Population density tends to be highest near
mountains
water
deserts
jungles or forests
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The longitude line that crosses the Earth at 0° is called the
Long Longitude
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Equator
3
What is population density?
the total number of people living in a country
number of people living in the city versus in the country
number of people living per square mile of area
4
European and Middle Eastern people came to Africa and set up governments. This is called
invasion
imperialism
governance
colonization
5
This is the only country in Africa that was NOT colonized.
Ethiopia
Libya
South Africa
Djibouti
6
This country is a disputed territory, so no one can agree who it belongs to.
Central African Republic
Somalia
Mozambique
Western Sahara
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In Africa, population density is the highest
in the jungle
midway between the Equator and Tropics of Cancer/Capricorn
along the coast
at the Equator
8
Vertical lines on a map are called
verticals
longitude lines or meridians
latitude lines or parallels
prime meridians
9
Where the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn cross Africa, you would find
desert
mountains
jungle
grassland
10
The tropics are located where on the globe?
exactly at the Equator
between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
within 100 km of the Equator
at the Prime Meridian
11
In Africa, the fewest people live in
the desert
near the ocean
the jungle
in the mountains
12
Why did other countries colonize Africa?
to mine resources like oil, diamonds, and gold
to use the land for farming
to escape overpopulation
to enjoy the warmer climate
13
When you identify a location using latitude and longitude, the numbers you use are called
grid points
map points
intersections
coordinates
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Africa is a
continent
republic
peninsula
country
15
People are happiest and healthiest in what region(s) of Africa?
in the central part of the continent
along the northern coast and in the south
along the Equator
along the western and eastern coasts
16
Lines that run horizontally around the world are called
latitude lines or parallels
equatorial lines
longitude lines or meridians
tropics lines
17
What is TRUE about African languages?
people in Africa learn to speak an average of six languages
countries were divided so everyone spoke the same language
African languages have been taken over by European languages
there are as many as 2,000 languages in Africa
18
Which of these countries is NOT considered a failed state?
South Africa
Central African Republic
Libya
Somalia
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What kind of environment would you find at the Equator in Africa?
desert
lots of rivers
grasslands
jungle
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The latitude line that runs around the middle of the Earth at 0° is called the
Tropics Line
Prime Parallel
Equator
Prime Meridian
