1. The Nile river gives the people transportation, and a lot of trading as well as providing good irrigation for farmers' crops and drinking water.
2. Abundant resources in Africa are gold, platinum, cobalt, copper, phosphates and diamonds. There is also oil and coffee.
3. Angolan oil doesn't always benefit Angolans because American oil companies pay them for drilling rights and the oil. They have so much oil that they would surpass Nigeria as the most oil rich country in Africa.
4. 20% of the Sahara is desert and the rest is plains and gravelly areas, and many mountains
5. Rain forest area gets the most precipitation, the rest of Africa gets one or two rainy seasons, closer to the equator the longer the rainy season.
6. The Serengeti plain supports much of Africa's wildlife because the abundance of grass makes it ideal for grazing animals and herds to roam.
7. Some benefits of the rainforest are that it is home to many species of birds, plants, trees, animals,
Monday, March 23, 2015
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Section One Assessment Questions
1. The Basins are located on the Plateau
The Nile river flows through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt
The rift valley is in east Africa, and they are long thin valleys
Mount Kilimanjaro is in in Tanzania one of Africa's highest mountain volcano.
Escarpment its a steep slope, nearly flat top, in Southern Africa
2. Landforms found in Africa are Basins, Plateaus, mountains, waterfalls, valleys
Africa has resources like coffee, gold, platinum, cobalt, diamonds, phosphates
3. a. Africa is called the Plateau continent because it's made up of the world's largest plateau.
b. Some of Africa's distinctive landforms are Mount Kilimanjaro, The Plateau, Mount Kenya, the Sahara desert, and rift valleys
c. I think it hasnt translated into economic wealth for its population because many of the towns don't have the necessary funds to keep industries running.
5 Things I want to Know about Africa
1. how the water problem could be lessened
2. If they will ever be able to use their natural resources
3. What their education system is like
4. What kinds of foods do they eat
5. What kind of houses they live in
The Nile river flows through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt
The rift valley is in east Africa, and they are long thin valleys
Mount Kilimanjaro is in in Tanzania one of Africa's highest mountain volcano.
Escarpment its a steep slope, nearly flat top, in Southern Africa
2. Landforms found in Africa are Basins, Plateaus, mountains, waterfalls, valleys
Africa has resources like coffee, gold, platinum, cobalt, diamonds, phosphates
3. a. Africa is called the Plateau continent because it's made up of the world's largest plateau.
b. Some of Africa's distinctive landforms are Mount Kilimanjaro, The Plateau, Mount Kenya, the Sahara desert, and rift valleys
c. I think it hasnt translated into economic wealth for its population because many of the towns don't have the necessary funds to keep industries running.
5 Things I want to Know about Africa
1. how the water problem could be lessened
2. If they will ever be able to use their natural resources
3. What their education system is like
4. What kinds of foods do they eat
5. What kind of houses they live in
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