Name - __________________________________
Period - ________
Date - _______________
Africa Physical Map
Directions: Identify the following landforms on the map you’ve been given by writing the names in their correct location. Use maps in Geography Alive to help.
*1. Atlantic Ocean
*2. Indian Ocean
*3. Mediterranean Sea
*4. Sahara
*5. Ethiopian Highlands
*6. Atlas Mountains
*7. Kalahari Desert
8. Mt. Kilimanjaro
*9. Sahel
*10. Nile River
11. Great Rift Valley
*12. Lake Victoria
*13. Red Sea
*14. Niger River
*15. Cape of Good Hope
*16. Congo Basin
*17. Lake Tanganyika
*18 Zambezi River
19. Congo River
20. Namib Desert
Africa Political Map
Directions: Identify the following countries on the map you’ve been given by writing the name of the country in its correct location. Use maps in Geography Alive to
help. Write legibly!
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4.
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Liberia
Madagascar
Democratic Republic of Congo
South Africa
Egypt
6. Mali
7. Somalia
8. Ethiopia
9. Nigeria
10. Algeria
11. Tanzania
12. Libya
13. Kenya
14. Sudan
15. Zimbabwe
Africa: Unit 5 Geography Alive (278-285)
1. How does Africa rank in size with the other continents? ____________________
2. How many countries make up Africa? _____________
3. How many island nations are part of Africa? ______________
4. What is the largest island nation? ____________________
5. What physical feature dominates North Africa? _______________________
6. What is the dry grassland just south of the Sahara? ____________________
7. What is desertification? ____________________________________________________________________
8. The highest mountain, _______________________________, lies in East Africa.
9. What is the largest African country in square miles? _________________________
10. About how far is it (in miles) from Cairo, Egypt, to Accra, Ghana? _______________________
11. Name the first black African colony to gain independence from a colonial power. (10N, 0 degrees) _________________
12. What country’s flag looks very much like the U.S. flag? _____________________
13. Which African country has the highest literacy rate? __________________________