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Topic: African Geography
Objectives
Students will be able to use a political map of Africa and correctly locate different countries, comprised by the facilitator.
Students will be able to describe from a teacher-selected region of African at least three examples of how the selected group has interacted with and adapted to their environment.
Students will be able to use a physical map of Africa to correctly name at least five major rivers and two major lakes (of their choice), and the Sahara Desert.
Students will be able to locate the Nile River on a map of Africa.
Students will be able to accurately describe the importance of the Nile River to Egypt through a short answer format.
Students will be able to accurately identify, from memory, key European countries that came to colonize Africa.
Students will be able to compare and contrast similarities and differences that the African geography has with the United States.
Students will be able to identify a minimum of five important natural resources to Africa.
Students will be able to identify at least two characteristics of Africa's main regions, as identified by the instructor in class.