1/19/06• Glue both worksheets into your

interactive notebook. Glue the instruction sheet BEFORE the map!

• Turn in your notebook to your physiographic map from yesterday…I will be coming around to grade when the bell rings.

Regions of AfricaRegions of AfricaAfrica is divided into Africa is divided into fivefive regions.regions.North North

AfricaAfricaWest AfricaWest AfricaCentral AfricaCentral Africa

East AfricaEast AfricaSouthern AfricaSouthern Africa

North North AfricaAfrica

• All the countries of North All the countries of North Africa border Africa border the the Mediterranean Sea.Mediterranean Sea.• North Africa extends south North Africa extends south throughthrough thethe Sahara Desert.Sahara Desert.

Focus on North Africa:Focus on North Africa:EgyptEgypt

Which seas touchWhich seas touchEgypt?Egypt?Red SeaRed SeaMediterranean Mediterranean SeaSeaWhat river is What river is

this?this?Nile Nile RiverRiver

West AfricaWest Africa• West AfricaWest Africa begins begins in the in the southern Sahara southern Sahara Desert.Desert.• It touches the It touches the Atlantic OceanAtlantic Ocean on the west.on the west.• This region reaches the This region reaches the country country of of ChadChad in the east. in the east.

Focus on West Focus on West Africa: Ghana Africa: Ghana and and Ivory CoastIvory Coast

What body ofWhat body ofwater toucheswater touchesGhanaGhana and the and the Ivory Ivory Coast?Coast?

Atlantic Atlantic OceanOcean

Central Central AfricaAfrica• Central Africa includes the Central Africa includes the

countries countries ofof Chad Chad in the north and in the north and ZaireZaire in in the south.the south.• The central region begins The central region begins at the at the Atlantic Ocean.Atlantic Ocean.• It extends to the western It extends to the western borders of borders of Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, andSudan, Uganda, Burundi, and Tanzania Tanzania inin the east.the east.

Focus on Central Africa:Focus on Central Africa:ChadChad

How will the peopleHow will the peopleof of ChadChad ship goods into and ship goods into andout of the country?out of the country?

Chad is a landlocked country.Chad is a landlocked country.It can only ship goods by truck or by air It can only ship goods by truck or by air becausebecauseit doesn’t have a water outlet.it doesn’t have a water outlet.

East AfricaEast Africa• East AfricaEast Africa begins with the begins with the country ofcountry of SudanSudan, located south of , located south of Egypt.Egypt.• The country of The country of SomaliaSomalia juts juts into the into the Indian OceanIndian Ocean, on a piece of , on a piece of land thatland that is shaped like the tusk of a is shaped like the tusk of a rhinoceros.rhinoceros. • TanzaniaTanzania is the most is the most southern southern country of this region.country of this region.

Focus on Focus on East East Africa: Africa: Kenya Kenya and and EthiopiaEthiopia

What body of water touchesWhat body of water touchesSudan?Sudan? Red SeaRed Sea

Southern Southern AfricaAfrica• The region known as The region known as Southern Southern

AfricaAfrica includes the rest of the includes the rest of the continent south.continent south.• The tip of Africa is The tip of Africa is called the called the Cape of Good Hope.Cape of Good Hope.• Warning: Warning: do not confuse the do not confuse the regionregion of Southern Africa with the of Southern Africa with the countrycountry of of South Africa.South Africa.

Focus on Southern Focus on Southern Africa:Africa:South Africa andSouth Africa andZimbabweZimbabwe

What problem What problem doesdoesZimbabweZimbabwe have in have incommon with common with ChadChad??

Neither country hasNeither country hasa seaport.a seaport.

North North AfricaAfrica

West West AfricaAfrica

CentraCentral l AfricaAfrica

East East AfricaAfrica

SoutherSouthern n AfricaAfrica

Name this Name this region.region.

Name this Name this region.region.

Name this region.Name this region.

Name this Name this region.region.

Name this Name this region.region.

What bodies of water touch What bodies of water touch Africa?Africa?Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea

Atlantic Atlantic OceanOcean

Indian OceanIndian OceanRed Red SeaSeaWhat two countries were described asWhat two countries were described as

landlocked?landlocked?ZimbabZimbabwewe

ChaChadd