NOTE: This is a sample from the student worksheets for the continent of Africa. There are many more questions, including a map that must be filled in, questions on culture, questions on religion, etc. The teacher's book has the answers to all of these questions.

AFRICA

 

 

 

RESOURCES

TEXTBOOKS

GRADE LEVEL TITLE AUTHOR/ PUBLISHER

7-12 Streams of Civilization Christian Liberty Press

7-12 World Studies for Christian Schools Bob Jones Univ. Press

9-12 History of the World in Christian Perspective A Beka Book

A Glorious Age in Africa Chu & Skinner

BOOKS OF INTEREST

4th & up The Slave Ship Sterne

4th & up Pyramid David Macaulay

4th & up The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt Elizabeth Payne

5th & up Mara, Daughter of the Nile Eloise Jarvis MGraw

5th & up Journey to Jo’burg Naidoo

5th & up The Golden Goblet Eloise Jarvis McGraw

6th & up How I Found Livingstone Sir Henry Stanley

8th & up Cry, The Beloved Country Alan Paton

9th & up Heart of Darkness* Joseph Conrad

*(Study guide available from Progeny Press)

MISSIONARIES TO READ ABOUT

Mary Slessor C. T. Studd Robert Moffat

David Livingston Sir Henry M. Stanley

OTHER PEOPLE YOU MAY WANT TO READ ABOUT

Cleopatra Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops)

King Tut Pharaoh Khafre

 

 

 

AFRICA: GEOGRAPHY

Use an atlas, encyclopedia, textbooks, and/or library books to find answers to the following questions.

IDENTIFY:

1. the large desert located in northern Africa -

 

 

2. the mountain range in northwestern Africa -

 

 

3. Africa’s highest mountain peak -

 

 

4. Africa’s largest lake -

 

 

5. the world’s longest river which is located in Africa -

 

 

6. Africa’s second longest river -

 

 

DEFINE:

1. savanna -

 

 

 

 

 

2. plateau -

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. steppe -

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. wadi -

 

 

 

 

 

5. cataract (as along the Nile River) -

 

 

 

 

 

6. delta -

 

 

 

 

 

7. tropical rain forest -

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. jungle -

 

 

 

 

 

9. Bedouins -

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. cape -

 

 

 

 

GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS:

1. [HS]: Describe the topography of Egypt. Explain the difference between "upper Egypt" and "lower Egypt".

[UE/JH]: Explain what is meant by "upper Egypt" and "lower Egypt".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Describe the climate of Egypt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Describe the climate (type of seasons) in the rest of Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. What is the source of the Nile River? In what country is this lake located?

 

 

 

5. What is the Great Rift Valley? How long is it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. In what country is Africa’s highest mountain peak located?

 

 

7. Where is "Timbuktu" located? What is the history of this town and the meaning behind the phrase "as far away as Timbuktu"?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. List at least five of Africa’s native animals. Also tell where each of these animals would be found (i.e., grasslands, jungles, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. List at least three of Africa’s native plant life. Give the following information for each plant:

1) type of environment in which the plant is found,

2) uses for the plant,

3) any unusual description.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. List several of Africa’s natural resources.

 

 

 

 

 

11. [HS] What was the country of Zimbabwe called before 1980?

 

 

12. [HS] What is a possible explanation for the Atlas Mountains, the Great Rift Valley, and the Mediterranean Sea? Where is the biblical reference to this catastrophic event?