Name:____________________

African Geography PowerPoint

Directions: Follow along during today’s PowerPoint to make sure that you can answer each question

below.

1) What is the definition of a transition zone?

2) What are the 3 geographic regions of Africa and tell me something about each.

a. ___________________________

b. ___________________________

c. ___________________________

3) How did the Great Rift Valley come into existence?

4) What is the veld and where is it located?

5) What are the economic activities of each region in Africa (or what do people do for a living in

each region?)

6) Why are the lakes of the Great Rift Valley so unique? Why are they like this?

7) What are two of Africa’s most important resources?

8) What are Africa’s two major deserts and where are they located?

9) What is an escarpment?

10) Where is the Great Escarpment located?