1. I like to move it, move it. She likes to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it. She likes to move it, move it. He likes to move it, move it. We like to…
Move it.

2. What comes to mind when you think of Africa?

3. Why do we know more about Europe than we do about Africa
Why do we know more about Europe than we do about Africa? From where do we get our information about Africa?

4. Compare US to Africa (size)

5. How big is Africa really?

6. The Nile Largest concentration of water and population in Egypt
Large silt deposits after floods
Floods every year on same schedule
Beginning point of an ancient civilization

7. Aswan High Dam Controls the flooding Lots of power for the country
Has increased the need for fertilizer

8. Sahara Desert Largest Desert in the World
Created a land barrier separating North Africa from the rest of the continent
Hottest temperature recorded here (136) but can get almost to freezing each night

9. Oasis Small area of water in the middle of a desert
Supports a small town
When water dries up, so does the town

10. The Sahel The border between the Sahara and the rest of Africa
A land threatened by desertification

11. Great Rift Valley
Two divergent plates
Africa is splitting

12. Plate Tectonics Divergent boundary: Great Rift Valley
Convergent boundary: Himalayas
Slip-slide boundary: California