Semester 2 Exam 2025 - Part 2

Semester 2 Exam 2025 - Part II

By Coach Jewell

Egypt - Cairo
Sudan - Khartoum
Libya - Tripoli
Tunisia - Tunis
Algeria - Algiers
Morocco - Rabat
Western Sahara - Layoune

​Northern Africa

Hotspot

Select Egypt

Hotspot

Select Algiers

Atlas Mountains
Tademait Plateau
Ahaggar Mountains
Sahara Desert
The Nile River
The Mediterranean Sea
The Atlantic Ocean

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​Major Land Features of Northern Africa

Labeling

Label these three physical features of northern africa.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Sahara Desert

Atlas Mountains

Mediterranean Sea

Western Africa

Mauritania
Mali - Bamako
Niger - Niamey
Nigeria - Abuja
Burkina
Senegal - Dakar
The Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Sierra Leone - Free Town
Liberia - Monrovia
Cote Divoire
Ghana - Accra
Togo
Benin
Burkina Faso

Hotspot

Select Nigeria

Hotspot

Select Liberia

Hotspot

Select Ghana

Niger River principal river of western Africa. With a length of 2,600 miles (4,200 km), it is the third longest river in Africa, after the Nile and the Congo. The Niger is believed to have been named by the Greeks.

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Niger River

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• Sahara Desert:

  The vast, arid desert covering the northern part of West Africa, characterized by sand dunes and extreme temperatures. 

• Sahel:

  A transitional zone between the Sahara and the savanna grasslands, experiencing a semi-arid climate. 

  
  

Western Africa Geograph

​Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Somalia - Mogadishu
Tanzania - Dodoma
Madagascar - Antinanarivo
South Sudan - Juba
Zambia - Lusaka
Zimbabwe - Harare
Mozambique - Maputo
Malawa - Lilongwe
Rwanda - Kigali
Berundi - Gitega
Uganda - Kampala
Eritrea - Asmara
Djibouti - Djibouti
Kenya - Nairobi

​Eastern Africa

Hotspot

Select the hotspot where Kenya is located

Hotspot

Select the hotspot where Ethiopia is located

The dominant geological feature, consisting of two parallel rift valleys, the Eastern Rift Valley and the Western Rift Valley, with volcanic activity creating mountains and lakes. 

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​East & West African Rift Valley

Multiple Choice

They believe the East/Wester African Rift will lead to

• They believe they will find gold in the rift.

• a large portion of africa splitting off.

• a new set of mountains

• They believe it will come back together

​Known for violent mood swings - (moody)

Killed over 300,000 of his own people

Participated in the Hijacking of a french airplane.

Overthrown in 1979

Idi Amin - Butcher of Uganda

Hutu's and Tutsi's

​Occurred over 100 days
Over 800,000 Tutsi's and moderate Hutu's were killed.

Rwanda Genocide

Hotspot

Select the Democratic Republic of congo

Hotspot

Select Chad

Known as the “lungs of Africa”, the Congo Basin is the largest carbon sink in the world, absorbing more carbon than the Amazon. Spanning across six countries, its rainforest provides food security and an essential lifeline for indigenous and local populations and serves as a critical habitat for endangered species.

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The Congo Basin

Multiple Choice

What is the congo basin known as?

• The unknown world

• The largest carbon sink in the world

• The greater amazon

• Central africa

In Belgium - Constitutional Monarch - No real power

Believed for a country to be great it needed colonies - His Govt disagreed

Ruled the Congo through a holding company - stated "positive intentions" - never lived up to them.

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King Leopold II

Multiple Choice

Did king Leopold live up to his positive intentions?

• Yes

• No

Hotspot

Select South Africa

Hotspot

Select Lesotho

• The Great Escarpment (a long cliff or slope that seperates a plateau from lower land)

  • Located in Southern Africa

  • Large enough that it can be seen through satellites in space

  • The terrain is very rugged and difficult for humans to construct infrastructure (Drakensburg)

​The Great Escarpment

Hotspot

Select Botswana

Important Apartheid Timeline Events

• 1970's - more than 3 million forcibly resettled in black homelands

• 1976 - Sowetto Uprising sees over 600 killed.

• 1984-1989 - Townships revolts happen

• 1989 F W De Klerk replaces Botha as president.

• 1990 - Mandela and fellow leaders of the ANC freed after 27 years

• 1991 - multi party talks, many apartheid laws repealled.

• 1994 - Mandela wins election - first black president

• ​Debeers Diamonds

• British South Africa Company

• Legacy of Wealth - built on genocide

• African's consider him the african Hitler

• Rhodesia - Zimbabwe

• Rhodes Scholars

Cecil Rhodes

India - New Delhi
Pakistan - Islamabad
Afghanistan - Kabul
Nepal - Kathmandu
Sri Lanka - Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepurt kotte
Bangledesh - Dhaka
Maldives - Male
Bhutan - Thimphu

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Countries and Capitals

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Select Pakistan

Hotspot

Select India

Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
Himalayas- Tallest mts in the world
Hindu Kush Mountains
Deccan Plateau
Kyber pass

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​Region Mountains

Hotspot

Select the Himalayas

​Countries of Eastern Asia

• Countries in Eastern Asia:

  • China

  • Mongolia

  • Burma

  • Laos

  • Thailand

  • Cambodia

  • Vietnam

  • Japan

  • North Korea

  • South Korea

Hotspot

Select the Koreas

Hotspot

Select the Vietnam

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
Indonesia - Jakarta
Phillipines - Manilla

Borneo Island - Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei

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Southern Asia Islands

Multiple Choice

A group of Islands is called a...?

• Archipelago

• Atoll

Multiple Choice

What country is # 6

• Phillipines

• Malaysia

• Thailand

• Indonesia

Multiple Choice

What country is at #9

• Malaysia

• Vietnam
• Thailand
• Brunei

Labeling

Label the Island of Borneo and the Phillipines

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Phillipines

Borneo

Australia - Canberra
New Zealand - Wellington
Tasmania - Hobart

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Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania

Hotspot

Select New Zealand