Boundaries & Africa

Boundaries & Africa

What Are Boundaries?

• Boundaries are a real or imaginary line that separates two things.

Who Has Boundaries?

• Towns

• States

• Countries

Political Boundaries

• Boundaries between countries are known as political boundaries.

• Some political boundaries are determined using physical features like a mountain range or river.

• Other boundaries may seem random, but somewhere a legal political body determined the boundaries.

Africa

Facts about Africa

• There are 54 countries in Africa

• More than 1.3 billion people live on the African continent.

• About 15% of the world's total population live in Africa!

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How many countries are in Africa?

Facts about Africa

• Largest Country in terms of physical size: Algeria

• The most populous country in Africa, is Nigeria

• It is estimated that about 2,000 different languages are spoken on the African continent!

Multiple Choice

Which African country has the largest population?

• Ivory Coast

• Ghana

• Cameroon

• Nigeria

Regions of Africa

• North Africa

• West Africa

• Central Africa

• East Africa

• Southern Africa

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How many regions does the continent of Africa have?

Biggest Cities in Africa

• Lagos, (Nigeria) is the largest

• Algiers (Algeria)

• Kinshasa-Brazzaville (DR Congo)

• Cape Town (South Africa)

Tourist attractions in Africa

• Table Mountain in Cape Town in South Africa

• Pyramids of Egypt

• Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

• Morocco - Markets, Deserts and Mountains

Physical Map Features of Africa

• Congo River

• Sahara Desert

• Nile River

• Atlas Mountains

• Congo Basin

• Kalahari Desert

Open Ended

List one of the physical features of Africa shown in the previous slide