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Location And Position Of Africa Flashcards

1
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Africa is located between latitudes

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37•C and 35•C North and south respectively

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2
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And on the GmT africa is located

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17•W and 51•E

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3
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The GMT is said to pass

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GHANA AND LONDON

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4
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Africa is said to be what position in continental size

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2nd position after asia

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5
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Africa is bounded to the south by ___ east by _____ north by ____

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Atlantic ocean,indian ocean,Mediterranean sea

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6
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The sea that separates afria from europe is the

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Mediterranean sea

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7
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The sea that separates africa from asiaa is

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The Red Sea and gulf of eden

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8
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Africa is Approximately

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30.3million square meters

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9
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Africa consists of how many main land Country

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48

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10
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The largest island on the indian ocean is

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Mauritius

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11
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5 land locked countries inclue

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Chad,Zimbabwe,Niger,Malawi,Botwana,Burundi

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12
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High freight cost is mainly experienced by countries that are

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Landlocked eg malawi botwana burndi zimbabwe niger,chase

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13
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The type of relief found in the east,west,south, and north are

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Mountains,Highland s,plateau,Ranges

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14
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The longest river in africa is

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River nile

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15
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Kanji is and artificial lake made on

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The niger

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16
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The largest man made lake in africa is

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Kariba

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17
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The equatorial climate is found and is characterized by

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In the coast of west africa high temp and double maxima rainfall

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18
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The tropical continental climate is found in

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West africa and the curves down to South Africa

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19
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Mediterranean climate is found at the

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Horns and tips of africa

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20
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The type of of winds prominent in Mediterranean region is

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Sirocco and Mistral

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21
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Cape town morocco and algeria are under what type of climate

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Mediterranean

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22
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Canary current is sahara dessert as Benguella current is

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Kalahari and namib

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23
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The climate found the margin of S.A is

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Warm temperate margin of South Africa

24
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The temperate continental is the temperate grasslands is found in the

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Veld of south africa

25
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The vegetation steppe is associated with

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The temperate continental

26
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The _____ of North America ,The ____ of argentina the ___ of south africa ,The Downs of _______

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Prairies,Pampas,Veld,Australia

27
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Obeche mahogany is often associated with

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Equatorial clime or tropical rainy forest

28
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Plants found in the desert are called

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Xero phytes

29
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Montane vegetation in s found in

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East africa(Ethopia)

30
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Lumbering in africa is done in

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West africa(Zaire and Nigeria)

31
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Economic trees that are lumbered include

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Mahogany obeche sapele wood

32
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Irrigation is widely practised in

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Egypt and sudan(Nile basin) makes use of water from river nile

33
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Northern nigeria makes use of water for irrigation from

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River niger

34
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The method irrigation used by egypt and Nigeria is

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Perennial method

35
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The metho involving the use of buckets mounted on a lever is called

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Shaduf

36
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In west africa the area for plantation include

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Ibadan and akure for cocoa

37
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The areas of plantation in east Africa include

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Tea and tobacco in kenya

38
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West africa has less plantations compared to east africa because

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The colonial masters encouraged it in east africa

39
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Fruit farming is mainly done in the ___ part of

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Mediterranean parr(south africa,NW africa)

40
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Fruits mainly grown in the south africa is

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Apples pears oranges

41
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In the north west africa is

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Oranges,Apricots and figs

42
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The movement of cattle rearers and their herd from lowland or valley to highland is

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Transhumance

43
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In west Africa pastoral farming in done in _____ while it is practised in the ______ of east Africa

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In the savanna regions of nigeria and mali, while in the east its the masai reserve in kenya and Tarzania and ethopia

44
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One tribe particular that is well know for pastoral farm in west and east africa is

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Fulani(sometimes hausa),Masai and Beja

45
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Gold mining is done the most in

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Africa

46
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The major sites for mining gold in africa can be found in

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South africa and zimbabwe

47
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The method mining gold is mainly the

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Underground shaft method(where holes are drilled and filled with explosives

48
Q

Petroleum is an important fuel in

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Libya,Nigeria and egypt

49
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The method used for mining petroleum is the

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Drilling method(underground rocks are dig with the aid of drilling rig or derrick)

50
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The three oil zones in the soil layer are

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Natural gas on top,Petroleum in the middle,Water at the bottom

51
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Copper is another metallic mineral produced by

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Zambia and south africa

52
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The one country mainly involved in gold,copper and petroleum is

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Zaire

53
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Copper is mined through

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Open cast method(explosives are used to remove burden rocks) and underground shaft method

54
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The device used to pile the coppet washed into a heap is called

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Dragline

55
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____ is used to direct strong get on water towards heap of copper and the soil containing the copper is washed through series of

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Monitor sluice boxes

56
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The port of Dar-es salaam is found in

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Tarzania

57
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KaiNji dam is to niger,Aswan dam to nile while Kariba dam to ___

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River zambezi

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