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Lesson 39:
Geographical Regions of Africa
In the introduction, you learned that the huge continent of Africa is made up of 53 independent
nations.You also learned that asmany as 800 ethnic groups live inAfrica.The physical size of Africa,
thenumber of countries, and theethnicdiversity canbest be studiedandunderstoodbydividingAfrica
into fivemajor regions.The five regions are:
A. Northern
B. Eastern
C.Western
D. Central
E. Southern
ACTIVITY 1:
On themap on page 76, each of the geographical regions listed above has a letter beside it.Use your
classroom atlas as an additional resource to help you complete the tasks below.
1. Find the letter for each regionon theactivitymapon thenext page.Next to the letter, write thename
of the region in the blank space on themap.
2.Trace each geographical region in a different colored pencil.
ACTIVITY 2:
The blocks below provide a regional listing of the countries of Africa. Use your classroom atlas as a
reference to locate each country. 1) On your activitymap on the next page, write each country in the
African region towhich it belongs. 2) As you label each country, cross off the country on the regional
listing.3) For countries that are too small to label on yourmap, use the closest available space towrite
the name, and draw an arrow to the country’s location.
NorthernAfrica
Morocco
Sudan
Algeria
Chad
Tunisia
Niger
Libya
Mali
Egypt
Mauritania
WesternSahara
WesternAfrica
CapeVerde
Burkina
Senegal
Ghana
Gambia
Togo
Guinea-Bissau Benin
Guinea
Nigeria
IvoryCoast
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Central Africa
Cameroon
Central AfricanRepublic
Congo
DemocraticRepublicofCongo
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Equatorial Guinea
SaoTome&Principe
Gabon
EasternAfrica
Eritrea
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
Seychelles
SouthernAfrica
Comoros
Namibia
Madagascar Botswana
Mauritus
Zimbabwe
Mozambique Swaziland
Malawi
Lesotho
Zambia
SouthAfrica
Angola
Africa
