Sub-Saharan Africa Map Name Class Period Assignment

Sub-Saharan Africa Map Name Class Period Assignment #

Directions: Use the maps on pages 507, 509, 540, 564, & 24-25 to label and color the following.

1. Use the map on page 507 to identify which countries belong to the Sub-Saharan Africa Region. On the map below, color all the countries that are included in Sub-Saharan Africa the same color. DO NOT COLOR THE 5 COUNTRIES OF NORTH AFRICA (Including Western Sahara). Be careful to only shade the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

2. On the other side of these directions, carefully label and color the following. Hint: Write small as there are many things to locate in a small area: a. Shade the ocean and seas blue. Label the following: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Mozambique Channel, Gulf of Guinea b. Trace the following rivers in blue from end to end and label: Niger River, Nile River, Congo River, Zambezi River c. Label the following physical features (Shade lakes blue): Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Chad, Lake Nyasa, Sahara, Sahel, Kalahari Desert, Namib Desert, Cape of Good Hope, Mt. Kilimanjaro d. Label the following cities . Make a symbol for the cities in the correct geographic location on your map and name the city: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, Lagos e. Label and color the following countries different colors (do NOT use blue for countries) based on their political boundaries:

Angola Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Ghana Mauritania Somalia Benin Coast) Guinea Mozambique South Africa Botswana D. R. Congo Guinea-Bissau Namibia Sudan Burkina Faso Djibouti Kenya Niger Swaziland Burundi Equatorial Guinea Lesotho Nigeria Tanzania Cameroon Eritria Liberia Rwanda Togo Central African Republic Ethiopia Madagascar Sao Tome & Principe Uganda Chad Gabon Malawi Senegal Zambia Comoros Gambia Mali Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Congo f. Complete the key on your map for the symbols used. Sub-Saharan Africa Map Name ______Class Period _____

Key

River Tallest Mountain Capital or other Major City