Africa Maps Assignment
The map has two sides: Countries of Africa and Landforms of Africa. You may use the
maps on pages 403, 405, and 415 of the text book to help you complete the assignment.
Directions:
#1 On the “Countries of Africa” map, identify the countries of Africa. Where necessary,
draw a line from the country and write the name of the country at the end of the line. Use
multiple colors to help identify the location of Africa’s countries (see the Africa: Political
map on page 405 for an example), avoiding the use of duplicate colors on adjoining
countries.
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Democratic
Republic of
Congo, Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
#2 On the Landforms of Africa map, name the following landforms and use the indicated
colors to highlight the landform:
Use blue to identify :
Atlantic Ocean
Congo River
Indian Ocean
Lake Nyasa
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Victoria
Niger River
Nile River
Orange River
Zambezi River
Use a light green to
identify:
Use orange to identify
the locate:
Sahel
Kalahari Desert
Namib Desert
Sahara Desert
Use brown to roughly
identify the location of:
Use red to identify:
Ahaggar Mountains
Atlas Mountains
Use a black X to locate
and identify:
Mt. Kenya
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Great Rift Valley (map on
page 415 ... use the rift
valley lines on the map
as a guide)
Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
Independence in Africa
Countries of Africa
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Name _____________________________ Class _________________ Date __________________
Independence in Africa
Landforms of Africa
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