UNIDAD 4: ÁFRICA, OCEANÍA Y LA ANTÁRTIDA
ACTIVITY 14: AFRICA
1. Read the text:
Africa
is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent,
after Asia.
At about 30,221,532 km²
(11,668,545 mi²)
including adjacent islands, it covers 6.0% of the Earth's
total surface area, and 20.4% of the total land area.
With
more than 890,000,000 people (as of 2005) in 61 territories, it accounts for
about 14% of the world's human
population.
The
continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean
Sea
to the north, the Suez
Canal
and the Red
Sea
to the northeast, the Indian
Ocean
to the southeast, and the Atlantic
Ocean
to the west.
Separated from Europe
by the Mediterranean
Sea,
it is joined to Asia at its northeast extremity by the Isthmus
of Suez
(transected by the Suez
Canal),
130 km (80 miles) wide
From the most northerly point, Ras ben Sakka in Tunisia (37°21' N), to the most southerly point, Cape Agulhas in South Africa (34°51'15" S), is a distance of approximately 8,000 km (5,000 miles);from Cape Verde, 17°33'22" W, the westernmost point, to Ras Hafun in Somalia, 51°27'52" E, the most easterly projection, is a distance of approximately 7,400 km (4,600 miles).The coastline is 26,000 km (16,100 miles) long.
Information from: www.wikipedia.org
2. Open your book and find the following places:
3. Put the letters in order:
rficaa urpeoe aceon mtdirerraean aliamos tlantica
4. Click in at least five blue words and copy three sentences with the word into your notebook.5. Click in the pictures and learn some vocabulary:
http://www.greece-map.net
http://www.tripalbum.net/
http://www.umass.edu
6. Read the following text:
Africa's
largest country is Sudan,
and its smallest country is the Seychelles,
an archipelago
off the east coast. The smallest nation on the continental mainland is The
Gambia.
The
climate of Africa ranges from tropical
to subarctic
on its highest peaks. Its northern half is primarily desert
or arid,
while its central and southern areas contain both savanna
plains
and very dense jungle
(rainforest)
regions.
Africa
have the world's largest combination of highest density of wild
animal
populations and diversity, with wild populations of large carnivores
(such as lions,
hyenas)
and herbivores
(such as buffalo,
elephants,
camels,
and giraffes)
ranging freely on primarily open nonprivate plains, as well as jungle creatures
(including snakes
and primates)
and aquatic
life (crocodiles
and amphibians,
for example).
Information from: www.wikipedia.org
7. Copy these questions into
your notebook:
1)
How many square kilometres has Africa?
2)
How many people live in Africa?
3)
What are the boundaries of the continent?
4)
What is the largest country of Africa?
5)
And the smaller?.
6) Write down the underline words in your notebook.
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