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1.) It's provided irrigation for thousands of years
2.) Minerals - gold, platinum, chromium, cobalt, copper, phosphates, and diamonds
3.) America will come to bring freedom

4.) 20% of it is sand, and the rest is mountains, rock formations, and gravelly plains
5.) Central Africa has rain falling throughout the year while the rest of Africa has one or two rainy   seasons
6.) The soil is perfect for growing grass and it can grow to be the size of a human. It's perfect for grazing animals
7.) 70% of plants useful for cancer treatment are found in rain forests and they have 600 species of trees

Africa

Assessment
   1) Basin - A depression - 5 in Africa, spanning around 600 miles across each and being 5k feet deep
       Nile River - World's longest river - 4,000 miles through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt
       Rift Valley - Long, thin valleys - Found in Eastern Africa, 4000 miles from Jordan to Mozambique
       Mount Kilimanjaro - Africa's highest mountain - A volcano in Southern Africa
       Escarpment - Steep slope with flat plateau top - The Great Escarpment marks the edge of S. Africa

   2) Landforms - Plateaus, lakes, rivers, escarpments, and rift valleys
       Resources - gold, platinum, chromium, cobalt, copper, phosphates, diamonds, and other minerals

   3) a. A huge plateau covers most of Africa
       b. Rift Valleys, Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and                          escarpments
       c. They don't have a good industrial base or enough money to develop

What I want to learn about Africa

1. About Niger
2. Blood diamonds
3. How can African Nations develop their nations
4. How can African Nations  bring stability
5. How can African Nations fight disease.