5.1+Africa+Geography


 * Directions**:

1. Read pages 112-115

2. Take out a separate sheet of paper. Fold your paper into four squares(1/4s.)

3. Label each quarter:Desert, 2. Savannah, 3. Rain forest, 4. The Niger River (p..112, West Africa’s Great River) 4. Take notes:In each quarter label 5 characteristics of each region.Use the template to trace the outline of Africa on the back of your paper. 5. Use the map on 114 to draw and label the Sahara Desert, Sahel,Savannah, Rainforest, and the Niger River 6. Make a dashed line - - - - - - - to show a trip you took starting in the Sahara desert, the Sahel, crossing the Niger river and finishing in the rainforest. 7. At each place, place the corresponding resource item from the key with the appropriate location for that item. (See pages 114 and 115 under West Africa’s resources)

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