VIDEO OF AFRICA: ACTIVITIES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1. Where in the world is Africa?
2. How many times is Africa larger than The United States?
3. How is the savanna defined in the video?
4. Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?
5. Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?
6. Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?
7. The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....

FIND THE MISSING WORDS

1.      Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to …………………………………………….. and 4 600 miles from ………………………………… all the way over to …………………………………………………

2.      Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that …………………………, you can see the same average ……………………………………. and average ……………………………….. what that means is that you also see very similar ………………………………………………………………living in that region.

3.      The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are ……………………………., like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are …………………………….. but in either case, the fact that it is very ……………… is going to make it a very difficult …………………………….. to cross.

4.      It is not the  …………….. itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the ………………………………… There are many different …………………………………………………. …………. That can be found in the ………………………………..   and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so ………………………… not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5.      The ………………………………….is the most famous river in Africa, because is the ………………………… river in the world. But there is also the ……………………………………………….. which is the  ………………………………….. longest river in the world.

6.      Africa actually has its own version of the …………………………………….. with famous lakes like Lake ……………………, lake ………………………………. and lake …………………………………………….

7.      All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an …………………………………….. land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any  ……………………………………. in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the ………………………………………………………. in northwestern Africa.

8.      Africa also has some interesting mountains like …………………………………………. , the highest ………………….. in Africa which seems to just ……………………. on it own out of the  ………………………………..

9.      The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is  literally, being …………………………. apart. There are some ………………………………………………….that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, ………………….. away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest ……………………………….. in Africa, but also lakes like …………………………………….. that is among the ……………………………. in the world.

SECOND TERM

CONTENTS:

• Physical and political Geography of Africa and Asia
• The State political organization
• How the Economy works
• Primary and secondary Economic sectors.

Those are the main contets we are working on during this term.

In this video you can see some of the most important features of Africa. Try to understand it because you will have to answer some questions based on the information it is giving you.