Africa Physical
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| Depression in the earth's surface. | Basin
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| The world's longest river (4,000 miles)flowing through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. | Nile River
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| The land that sank to form long-thin valleys from continental plates pulling apart. | Rift Valley
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| Africa's highest mountain located in Tanzania. | Mt. Kilamanjaro
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| A steep slope with a nearly flat plateau on top. | Escarpment
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| Oil, gold, platinum, chromium, cobalt, copper, phosphates, diamonds, and other minerals. | Africa's Resources
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| Why is Africa called the plateau continent? | Because the majority of Africa as a continent takes on this shape.
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| Why do you think Africa's abundance of resources has not translated into economic wealth for most of its population? | Poor government, civil war, and disorganization make it impossible to become wealthy.
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| The largest desert in the world located on the Northern part of Africa. | Sahara
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| Stores of underground water. | Aquifer
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| Water that comes moves from underground and comes to the surface then supports vegetation and wildlife in the desert. | Oasis
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| Tropical grassland that covers most of northern Tanzania (the setting of the Lion King). | Serengeti Plain
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| Uppermost layer of branches, about 150 feet above the ground that most animals of the rain forest live in. | Canopy
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| Why does most of Africa have high temperatures? | Africa is located right on the equator, which is closest to the sun, therfore provides the warmest temperatures.
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| A region that contains most of Niger's oil. | Niger Delta
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| Shore of the Sahara desert (has grasslands and is used for farming). | Sahel
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| An expansion of dry conditions into moist areas that are next to deserts as a result of nature's long-term cycle and human activity (which speeds this up). | Desertification
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| Lake Nassar was created behind this dam, which is shared by both Sudan and Egypt. | Aswan High Dam
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| Sediment deposited by a river that creates fertile farmland. | Silt
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