GEOGRAPHY EXERCISES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.Where in the world is Africa?
   Africa is located in the South of Europe and in the Southwest of Asia.
2.How many times is Africa larger than The United States?
   Africa is three times larger than The United States.
3.How is the savanna defined in the video?
   The savanna is defined like a grassy plain which covers the half of Africa that is characterized by        scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs.
4.Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?
   The animals that can be found in the savanna biome are elephants and giraffes.
5.Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?
   The chaparral biome is located at northern coast of Africa, along the Mediterranean and also in            south of Africa.
6.Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?
   The most famous deserts in Africa are the Sahara desert, the Namib desert and the Kalahari desert.
7.The main natural resources mentioned in the video are .....
   The main natural resources mentioned in the video are gold mines,rober trees and oil.





FIND THE MISSING WORDS
1. Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the Cape Good Hope and 4 600 miles from Cape Verde all the way over to Somalia.

2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that climate zones, you can see the same average temperature and average precipitations what that means is that you also see very similar fauna and vegetation 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 sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult barrier to cross.

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

5. The Nile is the most famous river in Africa, because is the largest river in the world. But there is also the Congo river which is the second longest river in the world.

6. Africa actually has its own version of the Great Lakes with famous lakes like Lake Kivu,lake Malawi,lake Victoria and lake Tanganyika

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

8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like Kilimanjaro mountain, the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on it own out of the ground.

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