Just Africa

Africa the soup bowl shaped continent is the 2nd largest continent on earth. There are 56 countries in Africa.The largest country is Sudan.The Atlas Mountains form the northwest rim of Africa and the Drakensberg form the southeastern edge .The physical features of Africa are deserts like the Sahara Desert which takes up most of Africa, there are rain forests and savannahs and there are sahel which divide the rain forests and the savannahs apart. Since the Sahara Desert takes up most of Africa there is little rainfall like 3 inches a year that has a big impact on what vegetation and plant life exist there.

Africa's Natural Resources

Africa is surrounded by 3 bodies of water The Atlantic Ocean, The Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea this is great for Africa for food and for protection. African two most important resources are gold and salt. Salt was manly used to preserve food and give bland food taste and they needed salt in their diets to live so salt was to survive and gold was just for beauty. The salt came from ancient lakes that dried up and all that was left was salt, they reached the salt by digging deep into the earth. The gold came from the southern forests. The gold miners kept the location of the gold mines a secret so no one knows where the gold mines are today but gold was an important resource for trading.

Africa's Wildlife

Africa has a lot of different climates so there are lots of animal that live in Africa. Africa's wildlife consits of Cheetahs, African Elephants, Hippos, Giraffes, Lions, Rhinos, Warthogs, Wildebeest, and Zebras. These beautiful creatures make the African Savannahs look beautiful with the different patterns on the skin/fur.Some of these creature are killed for their coat beacuse their coat is so pretty.

Africa's Timeline

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Africa’S Rulers

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Bibliography

I got this information from :
http://www.africaguide.com/wildlife/index.htm
Holt World Histroy Medieval to Early Monderb Times By: Stanley M. Burstein and Richard Shekby: