Unit Two: Studying Africa through the Social Studies

Module Six: The Geography of Africa

Student's Edition

Activity Two: Africa's Rivers and Lakes-Engage

Carefully study the map of Africa's rivers and lakes and the attached photographs. Answers to some of the questions will be provided by the map. Write your answers on a piece of paper and put in your Exploring Africa Journal.

Map One: Africa's Rivers and Lakes

Photographs 6.1- 6.8: These photos are meant to provide a visual context for the map work. There are no questions based on these photographs.

6.1

Burundi

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6.2

Malawi

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6.3

Congo-Kinshasa

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6.4

Egypt

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6.5

Mali

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6.6

Ghana

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6.7

Niger

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6.8

Somalia

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1. Name the main rivers of Africa.
2. Name the main lakes in Africa.
3. What is the largest lake in Africa?
4. Which countries border this lake?
5. What is the longest river in Africa?
6. What region of Africa has no major rivers flowing through it? Why?
7. Geographers sometimes refer to rivers and lakes as the great highways of Africa. How are lakes and rivers similar to highways?
8. What resources, if any, do rivers and lakes provide?

Go to Activity Three or go directly to one of the following activities in Module Six

1. Location-Engage
2. Africa's Rivers and Lakes-Engage
3. Map activities Physical features, Climate and Vegetation; Summary map exercise-Explore
4. Africa's Natural Resources-Explore
5. Four maps of movement-Explain
6. Human-Environment Interaction: Expand/homework