Starter quiz
- What is a continent?
- a large country on Earth
- a large land mass on Earth ✓
- a large ocean on Earth
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Which continent on this map is coloured yellow?- Europe
- Oceania
- Africa ✓
- Asia
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- Which continent on this map is coloured green?
- Europe ✓
- Oceania
- Africa
- Asia
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- What is an ocean?
- a small area of salt water between the continents
- a very big area of fresh water between the continents
- a very big area of salt water between the continents ✓
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Tanzania is located in the ______ of Africa.- North
- East ✓
- South
- West
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- What ways could we investigate Tanzania from the UK?
- Google Earth ✓
- photographs ✓
- maps ✓
- stories ✓
- fieldwork
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Exit quiz
- Which continent is Tanzania in?
- Europe
- Oceania
- Africa ✓
- Asia
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- What is the name of the ocean that borders Tanzania?
- Atlantic
- Pacific
- Indian ✓
- Antarctic
- Arctic
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- Africa is ______ of Europe
- North
- East
- South ✓
- West
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- Africa is a large continent with...
- a few climates, countries and landscapes.
- different climates, countries and landscapes. ✓
- similar climates, countries and landscapes.
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- Travelling to Tanzania from the UK by plane has advantages and disadvantages, can you match them up correctly?
- It costs a lot of money⇔disadvantage ✓
- It is the quickest option⇔advantage ✓
- It produces a lot of carbon dioxide⇔disadvantage ✓
- If we travelled in a straight line from the UK to Tanzania which seas would we cross?
- The Mediterranean Sea and the Indian ocean.
- The English Channel and the Atlantic ocean.
- The Mediterranean Sea and the Pacific ocean.
- The English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea. ✓
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Key learning points
- Africa is a very large continent with different climates, countries and landscapes.
- The compass directions north, south, west and east can be used to describe the location of places in Africa.
- We can take different routes and types of transport to get to Tanzania from the UK.
Common misconception
That Africa is a country not a geographically diverse continent.
Recap the names of the seven continents and five oceans. Spend more time using a map to identify different countries in Africa.
Keywords
Continent - A continent is a large land mass on Earth and there are seven: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania.
Transport - Transport is a way of travelling between places and methods of transport include cars, buses, trains, bicycles and aeroplanes.
Route - A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.
Ocean - An ocean is a very big area of salt water between the continents.
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