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How Much Do You Know About Africa???
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Area
• The U.S. (3.6 million sq. miles) fits into Africa (11.7 million sq. miles) about 3.2 times
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Jungle?
• Africa is about 55% savanna grassland, 25% desert, and 10% rainforest. The “jungle” is located only around rivers where the sun can penetrate the canopy of the rainforest.
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Tigers?
• There are no tigers in Africa, and less than 1% of the animal population Africa had in 1900 remains today.
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Culture Groups
• There are over 700 different culture groups in Africa.
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Seasonal Change
• There is little seasonal (temperature) change in Africa due to its tropical location. 90% of Africa is located in the tropics. Seasonal change usually consists of wet and dry seasons.
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Rainy season in Tanzania
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Country
• Africa is a CONTINENT with more countries than any other continent.
• There are 54 sovereign nations in Africa.
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Afro?
• The Afro is a hair style that originated in the U.S.
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Tribes?
• There are over 700 culture groups in Africa
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Ethnic problems
• Nearly every African nation has had to deal with tension between different ethnic groups…Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda…….
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Resources
• Africa has 70% of the world’s diamonds, 60% of the gold,40% of the water power, in addition to copper, uranium, tin, etc…
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Housing?
• Africans live in all types of houses. The term hut came from European colonizers.
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King of the Jungle?
• The female lion does most of the hunting.
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Civilizations?
• Egypt, the West African Trading kingdoms…A lot of African history was preserved in the oral tradition.
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Mansa Musa: King of Mali
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The wealth of Mansa Musa
• Mansa Musa was the king of the west African trading kingdom (gold and salt) on Mali. He ruled from 1312-1337. According to celebritynetworth.com, he was worth (by current standards) an estimated $400 billion dollars!!
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Egypt
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Nile?
• The Nile is the longest river in the world. The Amazon has a lot more water volume.
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Language
• Many Africans speak their tribal language, another tribal or regional language, a regional dialect (like Swahili), and a European language.
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Natives
• Everybody is a native of some place, and the term should not apply only to Africans. There are people of different ethnicities, such as Arabs, Asians, and Europeans, who are natives of Africa.
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The Mercator Map
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