Oxford University Press solutions for Voyage Geography [English] Class 7 chapter 14 - Africa: Location, Area, Political & Physical Features [Latest edition]

Why did Africa remain unexplored for a long time?

Deforestation rate in Africa is twice the average for the rest of the world with more than four million hectares of primary forest disappearing every year. What could be the reasons for this?

The Sahara Desert forms a large part of Africa. This desert extends from the Atlantic in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
Suppose you were going to the Sahara Desert. List the things you would take with you.
What kind of problems are you likely to face?
How would you cope with them?

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The strait that separates Europe from Africa is the

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A large portion of Africa lies in the

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The area is a desert where water can be found is called a/an

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The Sudd is a

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The largest lake in Africa is

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I am a country through which the Tropic of Capricorn passes

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I am the southernmost tip of Africa

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I am a snow-capped mountain near the equator

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I am the longest river in Africa

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I am a river that flows into Lake Chad

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I am a lake that does not lie in the Great Rift Valley of Africa

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I am a river that flows through the Namib Desert

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People faced many difficulties while exploring Africa.

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The rivers of Africa are not very suitable for navigation in their lower course.

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The river Nile flows through a desert and yet has water throughout the year.

Give the latitudinal extent of Africa and explain why it is mostly a tropical continent.

Name three great explorers connected with the African continent.

Name the major mountain ranges of Africa.

Name the lakes found in the Great Rift Valley.

How much time does it take the cocoa tree to yield cocoa pods?

Elaborate on the achievements of the great explorers in opening up the continent of Africa.

Name the major physical divisions of Africa. Describe anyone.

Describe the three important deserts found in Africa.

What is a rift valley? How is it formed?

Give an account of the major lakes of Africa.

On a blank outline map of Africa, mark the following:

1. The Cape of Good Hope
2. The Drakensberg Mountains
3. The Victoria Falls
4. The Atlas Mountains
5. The Nile River
6. The Libyan Desert
7. The Suez Canal

This is a photograph of Victoria Falls.

1. Name the explorer who discovered it.
   
2. On which river is this fall located?

On a blank outline map of Africa

(a) Mark with brown lines the Atlas and the Drakensberg Mountains.
(b) Shade with yellow and label the Sahara Desert and the Kalahari Desert.
(c) Shade with light brown the plateau region of Africa, the Ethiopian and Adamawa Highlands.
(d) Colour with blue and label neatly all the surrounding water bodies, oceans, seas, bays, gulfs, and straits.