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The study of Africa!!!
Africa's wonderful countries and so on...
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Geography
6th Grade
02/22/2007

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What is the tallest mountain in Africa?
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Mt.Kilamanjaro
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Grasslands covered with scattered trees and bushes is called...
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Savanna
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The type of land located equatorial Africa.
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Tropical Rainforest.
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The Desert that is dryer than the Sahara?
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Kalahri Desert
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The largest lake in Africa.
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Lake Victoria
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Land along the Equator...
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Tropical Rainforest.
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The border between the Sahara Desert and the savanna.... what is it called?
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Sahel
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The river where Victoria falls is located.....
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Zambezi
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The largest Desert in the world ( therefore in Africa.)
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Sahara Desert
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A very cool desert.
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Nanib
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The deepest lake in Africa.
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Lake Tanganika.
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The second largest coninent in the Earth.
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Africa.
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The crack in the earth's crustin East Africa...
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Great Rift Valley.
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Africa is reffered to as the land of __________?
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In your fast facts... diversity.
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Savanna
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Grasslands with scattered trees and bushes.
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Sahel Border of land between the Sahara Desert and the Savanna.
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Sahel
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Largest Desert located in northern Africa.
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Sahara
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Dry desert located in southern Africa.
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Kalahari
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Cool desert, located on SW coast of Africa.
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Nanib
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Tallest mountainin Africa
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Mt.Kilamanjaro
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Tallest mountainin Africa
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Mt.Kilamanjaro
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Tallest mountainin Africa
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Mt.Kilamanjaro
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Largest lake in Africa located in Freat Rift Valley.
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Victoria
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River where Victoria falls is located in Great Rift valley.
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Zambezi
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Tanganyika
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2nd deepest lake in the world;located in Great rift valley.
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Great Rift Valley
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Crack in the earths crust in East Africa.
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Tropical Rainforest
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Located in Equatorial Africa.
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Commercial farms
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Large farms grow crops for sale
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Substince farms
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small farms grow crops for farmers own use.
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slash/burn
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farming where trees are cut and burned to clear land.
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multilingual
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Able to speak several languages.
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equatorial
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located along the equator.
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Sub-Saharan
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Africa South or below the sahara desert.
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Africa is the second largest __________
__________ covers almost 12 million square miles only asia is largest.
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largest continent
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Africa is divided into ______________
north africa west adrica , east africa , central africa and southern africa.
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5 regions
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There are parts of Africa _______________________________.
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In all 4 hemispheres.
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Africa is a land of ______________. there is great variety in the land, climatem people, and cultures.
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diversity.
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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reffers to the part of Africa located south of the Sahara desert.
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