Unit Two: Studying Africa through the Social Studies

Module Six: The Geography of Africa

Student's Edition

Activity Three: Africa's topography, vegetation and climate-Explore

Map Three: Climate and Vegetation of Africa

Carefully study the climate/vegetation map of Africa. Answer the following questions on your map and in your journal.

1. Nearly one third of Africa is desert of semi-desert. On your map label:
   1. the Sahara Desert
   2. the Ogaden Desert
   3. the Namib and Kalahari Deserts
2. In what types of economic activities do people who live in deserts engage?
3. About 15 % of Africa is comprised of tropical rain forests. List the African countries that have tropical rain forests.
4. In what types of economic activities do people who live in tropical rain forests engage?
5. Most of the people in Africa live in Savannah and Steppe regions of West, East, Central, and Southern Africa. List as many reasons as you can to explain this pattern of population density.

Go to Map Exercise Three