World Geography
Sub-Saharan Africa Map Skills
Mr. Botkin

Directions: Answer each of the following questions by writing a response only in the area provided. The answers may be found by using the maps listed. You may need to refer to more than one map to answer some questions.

P. 472
1. Which country is east of Niger and west of
Sudan?



2. What is the capital of Somalia?



3. Which city in Senegal has an absolute
location of 15°N, 17°W?



4. Which city is closer to the Prime Meridian:
Bamako, Mali, or Yaounde, Cameroon?



5. Which city is closer to the equator: Nairobi,
Kenya, or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia?



6. Which city in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo has an absolute location of
5°S, 15°E?



7. How many landlocked countries are there
in Africa?



8. If you were to fly from Abuja, Nigeria, to
N’Djamena, Chad, in which intermediate
direction would you fly?



9. How many miles would you fly (see #8)?

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P. 473
10. What is the large desert that stretches
across the northern parts of Africa?



11. Which ocean is east of Africa?



12. Which two rivers meet to form the Nile?



13. What is the elevation range of the highest
points of the Ethiopian Highlands?



14. Which body of water is north of Africa?



15. Which ocean is west of Africa?



16. Which body of water is between Sudan and
Southwest Asia?



17. In which country do you find the source of
the Niger River?



18. In which country do you find the mouth of
the Niger River?



19. Which city is found where the Blue Nile and
White Nile rivers meet?



20. The largest lake in Africa is found on the
borders of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda.
What is its name?
21. Where are the lowest parts of Africa?



P. 474
22. Which country has a large area of highland
climate?



23. Which climate type dominates North Africa?



24. Which two climate regions have the lowest
population density?



25. Besides arid, which climate type occupies
the most area?



26. Which climate type covers the most area
along the equator?



P. 475
27. Between which latitudes do the highest
amounts of precipitation fall?



28. Where are the driest parts of Africa?



29. How much precipitation (in inches) falls in
the Ethiopian Highlands?



30. Which two climates cover the areas that
receive the least precipitation?



P. 476
31. How many metropolitan areas have more
than one million inhabitants?


32. Most people in Africa live between 10°N
and 10°S. Which two climates dominate
this region?



33. Why do much of North Africa and parts of
southern Africa have such low population
densities?



34. Does it appear that most Africans live in
largely rural or urban settlements?



P. 477
35. The production of which two natural
resources do Nigeria, Algeria, and Libya
have in common?



36. What is the predominant land use on the
African continent? What might this indicate
about Africa’s level of development?




37. What are the two main land uses in areas
that have arid and semiarid climates?




38. Which ten resources are found in Africa?









39. Major rivers in Africa are used to produce
which resource?



40. Of the land uses listed, which two would be
considered traditional ways of life?












Population Pyramid
41. Which age group is the largest?



42. Which age group is the smallest?



43. Approximately how many males live in
Nigeria in the age group 30-34?



44. Do people tend to live very long in Nigeria?



45. Based upon the shape of the population
pyramid, is Nigeria developed or developing?



Climograph
46. What is the wettest month? How much rain
falls in that month?



47. What is the driest month? How much rain
falls in that month?



48. What is the hottest month? What is the
average temperature for that month?



49. What are the two coldest months? What is
the average temperature in those months?















50. Douala, Cameroon, is hot and wet year-
round. What climate type is this? (Climates
are found on pp. 52-53.)