Let’s Explore Africa! Can you locate the important ...

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Let’s Explore Africa! Can you locate the important countries and physical features on the continent? Click this Sahara Desert sand dune to get started!

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Let’s Explore Africa!Can you locate the important

countries and physical features on the continent?

Click this Sahara Desert sand dune to get

started!

Nope! Remember, Antarctica is on the south pole at the bottom of the

globe!

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Nope! Remember North America is where you live! See

the shape of the USA?

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Nope! Remember South America is south of North

America (where you live) and is mostly in the southern hemisphere.

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Nope! Remember Europe is a small continent attached to Asia!

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Nope! Remember Asia is the largest continent!

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Nope! Remember Australia is the “land down under”! It is a small continent

completely in the southern hemisphere!

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Great job! You have located Africa!

Click here to continue exploring

Africa!

Click on the country Egypt

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Great! You found Egypt!

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Click on the country South Africa

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Great! You found South Africa!

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Click on the country Kenya

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Great! You found Kenya!

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Click on the country Libya

Nope! Try again!

Great! You found Libya!

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A river is a long, narrow body of moving water.

Click on the Nile River

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Great! You found the Nile River, which runs through Egypt!

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Click on the Congo River

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Great! You found the Congo River!

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Click on the Niger River

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Great! You found the Niger River!

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Okay, now that you have located the major rivers of Africa, let’s locate other major bodies of water! Click on

the Indian Ocean.

Nope! Try again!

Great! You found the Indian Ocean!

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Click on the Atlantic Ocean.

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Great! You found the Atlantic Ocean!

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Click on Lake Victoria.

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Great! You found Lake Victoria!

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Click on the Southern Ocean.

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Great! You found the Southern Ocean! Take a moment to look at the five oceans on the map

below.

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Arctic Ocean

Southern Ocean

IndianOcean

Pacific Ocean

AtlanticOcean Pacific

Ocean

There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around the Atlas Mountains.

Nope! Try again!

Great! You found the Atlas Mountains. They are in the northern part of the continent.

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There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around the Cape of Good Hope.

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Great! You found the Cape of Good Hope! Bartolomeu Diaz sailed around the bottom tip of Africa, explored the African coast, and found a way to the

Indian Ocean from Portugal.

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There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around Mt. Kenya.

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Great! You found Mt. Kenya! It is east of Lake Victoria.

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There are many landforms in Africa. Click on the green circle around Mt. Kilimanjaro.

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Great! You found Mt. Kilimanjaro! It is southeast of Lake Victoria.

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The Sahara Desert is the world’s largest hot desert. (Antarctica is the world’s largest cold desert!) It is almost as big as our

whole country! Click on the area of Africa where you would find the Sahara.

Correct! The Sahara Desert is located in northern Africa!

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