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Africa Problems o War o Disease o Education o Tribalism Religion etc o Overpopulation o Free and fair terms of trade Africans want us to take down barriers of trade I E cotton beef But we do not because we are trying to protect our farmers o High Altitude o Dry Land Features Sahara Means desert Not all sand very desiccated Northern Africa Belt below desert is the area that is desertifying Excavated by British explorer found oldest human remains o It is believed that humans originated somewhere near there Namib Desert Southwest Africa o Lack of rain Similar to Atacama desert Kalahari Desert Middle of Southern Africa Mount Kilimanjaro Extinct Volcano 20 000 meters high In Tanzania Ngorongoro Older volcano in Tanzania Great Rift Valley Largest crack in the earth Becomes Red Sea The Dead Sea is in the crack Goes all the way to Syria Sahel Line of desertification Atlas Mountains Near Morocco Marrakesh Northwest Orange River In South Africa Lake Victoria Middle of Africa Nile Longest river in world Congo River Goes from Mediterranean to Lake Victoria Number 2 river in Africa Number 4 in world Forms Congo Basin with lots of animals and rainforest Niger River goes through Nigeria Zambezi 4th longest river in Africa Where flows to Atlantic lots of Oil Biggest waterfall in World Victoria falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe Navigational Chokepoints Horn of Africa Straits of Gibralter Suez Canal Bab al mendeb Cape of Good Hope Bosporus Strait of Hormuz Indian ocean to Red Sea Every super power tries to have a presence around Horn of Africa Coast of Kenya to Somalia Between Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Spain and Morocco Red Sea to Mediterranean Between Yemen and Djibouti Important for trade and Navy not for Oil Strait is too narrow to transport oil too dangerous 7 10 miles long Bottom of South Africa Danube River goes into Black Sea The strait is near the Black Sea Biggest concentration on earth of Oil Most of our Oil comes from here People o Language Mainly Arabic in the North Tribal languages in middle o Population Mostly concentrated in Nigeria 150 million people Population of US Nile Valley in Egypt holds the rest of the population 88 million Most Black Africans migrated during the 1500s and 1600s to the South Area around Lake Victoria is important and South Africa The division area is the Sahel The like of desertification o Religion ALL Islam in the North Syncretic Religions in the South Largest Mosque in South Africa Countries o South Africa Take traditional practices and combine with others I E Animalism VooDoo o Economic backbone of Africa Gold molybdenum diamonds iron coal platinum Invented their own kind of oil b c of lack of oil sanctions in South Africa Sasol o Known for having strongest army Make all their own weapons o Many well known Universities o Problems AIDS Poverty Illegal Immigration Cape town Stellenbosch near o At Cape of Good Hope o First settlement in South Africa o Kimberly Diamond capital of the world o Johannesburg Gold Capital of the World City of Gold o Pretoria Capital city o About the size of Tallahassee o Durban Major seaport 9th on Planet o Heavy Indian Heritage o Ships come around Cape of Good Hope o Largest country in Africa by population o Strong political power Democratic o Strong Army o Real population unknown because of Illegal Immigration o Lagos Number 2 city in Africa o Lots of urban migration o Abuja Capital city o City created to draw out people from overpopulated Lagos o Nigeria o Egypt o 88 million people live in 4 of Egyptian land Second largest country by population o Lots of problems with America o Home of Fradel o Less than 1 green all by Nile o Cairo Capital City Almost everyone lives in the Green area o Largest city in Middle east Africa and largest Arab city o 79 pyramids o Alexandria Number 2 city in Egypt o One of oldest cities in the world o Founded by Alexander the Great o Major seaport even during Roman times o Major civil war between Goat farmers and sedentary farmers o Sudan o City where Cleopatra lived o Library at Alexandria destroyed by religious dumbs o Pharaohs Lighthouse destroyed by earthquake o Bianci beach famous for rich Egyptians o Suez Canal o Used to be largest country in Africa by size o 50 million people 70 Muslim 60 Arab o Darfur area of Sudan o Khartum o Republic of South Sudan o Juba o Ethiopia o Addis Ababa o Cote D Ivoire o Zambia o Newest country in the world o Longest independent country in the world o Very very high altitude with the Great Rift Valley in between o Bab el Mendeb o Chocolate capital of the world o All soccer team died in plane crash a decade or so ago Testable Pictures o Egypt Cairo Alexandria Pyramids and Sphinx Pyramids of Giza o South Africa Like Miami beach Pharaoh s Lighthouse Library at Alexandria Suez Canal Thin Canal w Ships Cape Town Cape of Good Hope Gibralter Rock of Gibralter Straits of Gibralter Kimberly o Land Features Big hole Diamond Mine Silverback Gorillas Last on Planet Uganda Victoria Falls Giant Waterfall Mt Kilimanjaro Tallest Mountain Find Mountain Great Rift Valley


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