Key terms
An area of land surrounded by water on all four sides
Islands
a Goverment in which a king or queen rules
Monarchy
Which continent is the largest in land mass
Asia is the largest
How can you describe the physical geography of Africa as a whole.
Africa is very diverse due to size and scale of the continent
Coral reefs
Sandy reefs which surround shallow lagoons
The lines on a map that run east to west , parallel to the equator
Latitude
an area of land connected to a larger body of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides
Peninsula
What is the language spoken by most white south Africans
Afrikaans
What is the diffrence between climate and weather
climate is the usual pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time, whereas weather is the change in temperature and precipitation over a short period of time.
Desertification
The process by which grasslands turn to desert
231/2 degrees south
Tropic of Capricorn
23 1/2 degrees north
Tropic of Cancer
what are hieroglyphics
the ancient picture writings
Which continent is the second largest
Africa
western hemisphere
The hemisphere west of the prime meridian
an imaginary line drawn north and south through the Pacific Ocean on a map, mostly along the 180 degree Prime Meridian
International Dateline
Northern hemisphere
the hemisphere north of the equator
Who created the hieroglyphics
ancient Egyptians
What is the difference between a political map and physical map
a physical map show geographical features on the earths surface. A political map is a map which shows the boundaries of the countries and cities.
What is the difference between longitude and latitude
The lines for latitude run east to west parallel to the Equator
The lines for Longitude run north to south parallel to the Prime Meridian
The imaginary Line from which longitude is measured both east and west passes through Greenwich,England
Prime Meridian
Northeast Southeast Northwest Southwest
Intermediate Direction
Which two industries are major parts of African economies.
Farming and mining are the two largest parts of African economies
How can you describe the economies in the west African countries
Unlike some other parts of Africa, The west African economies are very wealthy.
A pattern of lines that cross each other to find an exact location on the map
Geographic grid