AFRICA MAP WORKSHEETS
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Northern Region Western Region Central Africa East Africa South Africa
(ORANGE) (GREEN) (BLUE) (RED) (PURPLE)
Algeria Chad Cent. African Repub. Ethiopia Angola
Egypt Gambia Congo Kenya Madagascar
Libya Ghana Uganda Somalia Mozambique
Morocco Guinea Rwanda Sudan South Africa
Tunisia Liberia Tanzania Zimbabwe
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Atlantic Ocean Lake Tanganyika Atlas Mountains
Cape of Good Hope Lake Victoria Great Rift Valley
Congo Basin Mediterranean Sea Kalahari Desert
Congo River Niger River Mt. Kilimanjaro
Indian Ocean Nile River Sahara
Lake Chad Red Sea Strait of Gibraltar
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Overview of Africa
Location
Turn to the map on page 106 of the desk atlas textbook.
1. Which ocean borders Africa on the west? On the east? _____________________________________
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2. Which line of latitude runs through the center of Africa? ___________________________________
3. Which part of Africa has the higher elevations: west and central, or south and east? ______________
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Place
Study the climographs of Kano, Nigeria, and Kimberley, South Africa, on page 14 of The Nystrom Desk
Atlas.
4. Which months are coolest in Kimberley? What accounts for this? ___________________________
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5. In which month does Kano have the greatest rainfall? _____________________________________
Human-Environment Interaction
6. Study the material on page 111 of the Nystrom atlas. Which endangered species roams a large,
crescent-shaped area from West Africa to southern Africa?
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Movement
7. Study the land & population maps on page 113 of the atlas book. Apart from the difficulty of river
transportation, why did early European colonists in southern Africa stay near the coast?
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Regions
Turn to the map of Africa on page 14 of the atlas book.
8. What is the dominant climate region in North Africa? _____________________________________
9. Name one climate region that is found only to the south of 20°S latitude.
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Algeria Nile River Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt Atlantic Ocean Algiers, Algeria
Libya Mediterranean Sea Tripoli, Libya
Western Sahara Sahara Desert Tunis, Tunisia
Morocco Atlas Mountains Casablanca, Morocco
Tunisia
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Northern Africa
Location
Turn to the maps on page 107 of The Nystrom Desk Atlas.
1. Which European country is directly north of Morocco? _________________________________
2. Which European country is closest to Tunisia? ________________________________________
3. The Tropic of Cancer passes through every North African country except two. Name them. ____
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Place
Study the map of Egypt on page 117 of the textbook.
4. Which three bodies of water border or run into the Sinai Peninsula? _______________________
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5. The Suez Canal separates what two bodies of land? ____________________________________
Human-Environment Interaction
6. Study the resource map on page 112 of the textbook. What are Egypt’s three leading minerals?
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Movement
7. Study the map on page 114 of the textbook. Imagine a caravan driver bringing oranges from
fields along the coast near Casablanca, Morocco, to the markets in Tangier. What cities would
the driver pass through to get to Tangier? Give the political significance of one of those cities.
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Regions
8. Turn to the maps on page 112 of the Nystrom atlas. Describe the location of the Sahara. What is
its average rainfall? In what direction has it been growing?
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Mauritania
Senegal
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Niger Lake Tanganyika
Chad Atlantic Ocean
Guinea Congo River
Sierra Leone Gulf of Guinea
Liberia Lake Chad
Cote D’ivoire Niger River
Burkina Faso
Ghana Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Dakar, Senegal
Togo
Kinshasa, Dem. Republic of the Congo
Venin Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria Dakar, Senegal
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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West and Central Africa
Location
Study the maps on pages 106, 107, and 108 of the textbook.
1. Which countries are divided by the Equator?
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2. Name three lakes that border the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the east.
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3. By looking at the globe for the slave trade, what is the estimated amount of slaves exported from
Africa? How many estimated were sold in the US?
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Place
Turn to the maps on pages 107 and 108 of the textbook.
4. What major river runs through the western half of the region? ____________________________
5. Name three West African countries that the Prime Meridian runs through. __________________
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Human-Environment Interaction
6. Study the graph of population growth on page 113 of The Nystrom Desk Atlas. How does the
Nigerian birthrate compare with the world average?
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Movement
Turn to the maps on page 108 of the Nystrom atlas.
7. To which area were more enslaved Africans brought: North America or the Caribbean region?
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8. Name six present-day West African nations from which enslaved Africans were taken.
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Regions
Study the population density map on page 108 & 113 of the textbook. (Use both pages)
9. Which two cities in West and Central Africa have populations of over 100 Per sq. km?
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10. Which West and Central African nations have large uninhabited areas?
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Angola
Botswana
Burundi Gulf of Aden
Djibouti Indian Ocean
Eritrea Kalahari Desert
Ethiopia Lake Nyasa
Kenya Lake Victoria
Lesotho Mt. Kilimanjaro
Madagascar Namib Desert
Malawi Orange River
Mozambique Red Sea
Namibia Zambezi River
Rwanda
Somalia
South Africa Johannesburg, South Africa
Sudan Cape Town, South Africa
Swaziland Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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East and Southern Africa
Location
Study the map of South Africa on page 109 of The Nystrom Desk Atlas.
1. In which of South Africa’s three capital cities do the legislators meet?
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2. What is the distance in miles between Durban on the Indian Ocean and Johannesburg in the
Transvaal?
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3. Name the southernmost cape on the African continent.
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Place
Study the map on page 106 of the textbook.
4. What large island lies off the east coast of Africa?
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5. What body of water separates Madagascar from the mainland?
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6. How high is Africa’s highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro?
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Human-Environment Interaction
Turn to the map on page 110 of the Nystrom atlas.
7. Find the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. This is where scientists found remains and tools of
some of the earliest people on Earth. Olduvai Gorge is part of what ancient geological
formation?
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8. Tanzania was formed by the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. What is Zanzibar? Where is it?
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Movement
9. Study the map on page 107 of the Nystrom atlas. What country must one cross traveling north
from Ethiopia to the Red Sea?
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Regions
10. Study the economic activity map on page 112 of the textbook. Which region is richer in natural
resources: Southern Africa or East Africa?
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