GeoQuest Study for the next Quiz Day: February 27 th Angola Botswana Burundi Level 2 February Southern Africa Level 1 Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Level 3 Madagascar Malawi Level 4 Namibia Rwanda Cameroon Central African Republic Comoros Gabon Kenya Lesotho Mauritius Mozambique Seychelles Somalia Pronunciation Help Botswana bot-swah-nuh Burundi boo-roon-dee Comoros kom-uh-rohz Lesotho luh-soo-too Malawi muh-lah-wee Mauritius maw-rish-uhs Seychelles sey-shels eswatini es-wa-tee-nee Helpful Study Web Pages https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/usstates-hub/ (scroll to the bottom of the page for country info) https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/world/ http://online.seterra.com/en/ http://mrnussbaum.com/interactive_world_map/ http://ilike2learn.com/ http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography.htm The following link works best on a desktop/laptop, instead of a smart phone/tablet: https://www.coolmathgames.com/1-geography-games Level 5 South Africa eswatini Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Popular geography games/apps: Wander Our World, Tiny Countries, Barefoot World Atlas, Stack the Countries, & GeoBee Challenge by National Geographic
Somalia Cameroon Central African Republic Equatorial Guinea Gabon Rep. of the Congo Rwanda Burundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzania Kenya Seychelles Malawi Angola Zambia Comoros Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Mauritius South Africa eswatini Lesotho
February Continent Challenge Wonders of the World Read more about these Wonders on the bulletin board by the Office. Victoria Falls, Zambia Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world. It is located on the Zambezi River on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall, it is the largest. It is 5,604 ft wide and 350 ft tall, forming the largest sheet of falling water in the world. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 19,341 feet above sea level. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania The Serengeti National Park is regarded as the best wildlife reserve in Africa. Its annual wildlife migration includes over 2 million wildebeest, 250,000 zebra, and other animals such as gazelles. It is home to more than 3,000 lions, 1,000 leopards, 5,000 elephants, about 31 black rhinos, and many other animals like buffalo, giraffes, hippos, and crocodiles. http://ridingthebuses.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/800px-the_empress_hotel.jpg Amboseli National Park, Kenya Amboseli offers some of the best opportunities to see African animals because its vegetation is sparse due to the long dry months. It is home to wild animals, which include elephants, cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, hyena, giraffe, zebra, and wildebeest, among other African animals. Madagascar Madagascar is the largest of Indian Ocean islands and is the world s 4th largest island. Madagascar s wildlife is so unique that 80% of it is only found on this island. Its national tree is the Baobab. The Baobab tree is sometimes said to be a tree with roots pointing into the sky, or the upside down tree.
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