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CountriesCreated byMr. RaponiMozambique Madagascar Comoros

Mauritius

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Angola

Namibia

Botswana

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Malawi

Mozambique

Comoros

Madagascar

Mauritius

Y-shaped Mozambique stretches along the

______________ Ocean.

Its landscapes include sandy lowlands, high plateaus, and tall mountains.

In the _____________ of the country lies a flat plain with plenty of grass.

Rivers

A number of rivers cross the northern and central parts of Mozambique, the most important of which is

the ______________.

The ________________ Dam, located on the main river provides electric power for most of the country.

Mozambique has a tropical climate with both wet and dry seasons.

Cabora Bassa Dam

Economy

Most people in Mozambique are farmers that produce cashews, coconuts, tea, and bananas.

The major source of income for the country comes from

its _________________.

Many different countries pay Mozambique to use docks in cities like the capital,

___________________ and other ports.

The People

About _______ million people live in Mozambique, nearly all of them belonging to African ethnic groups.

Most people live in the southern part of the country near the capital city.

__________________ governed the country from the 1500s until 1975 when it gained its freedom.

Angry Greedy Monkey!

Madagascar is an island nations located

________________ southeast of mainland Africa in the Indian Ocean.

Cool highland areas cross the middle of the country.

Most _____________ areas have warm, humid plains and fertile river valleys.

Madagascar From Space

A Big Bird The elephant bird, which

were giant birds native to Madagascar, have been extinct since at least the 16th century.

The Elephant Bird was the world's largest bird, believed to have been over 10 feet tall and weighing close to 1,000 pounds!

Remains of adults and eggs have been found; in some cases the eggs have a three foot circumference

The egg volume is about 160 times greater than a chicken egg!

The Economy

Agriculture is the chief economic activity in Madagascar.

Farmers grow crops,

mainly __________.

Coffee is a leading export, as well as it being one of the world’s leading producers of

________________.

Vanilla Beans Still on the Plant

The People

About ______ million people live in Madagascar and most trace their ancestry to Southeast Asian and African groups.

_______________, the main language, is similar to languages spoken in Southeast Asia.

Madagascar was a colony of

_________________ until 1960.

Some Famous Lemurs From

The Movie

An Actual Madagascan Lemur

Lemurs of Madagascar

This is a group of mountainous islands formed by

___________________ thousands of years ago.

At one time a French territory, Comoros

_______________ people are mostly farmers who grow rice, corn, vanilla, and coffee.

Most speak ________________ and

Swahili and practice

_________________.

This set of islands lies

_________________ east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.

Mauritius gained its freedom from the U.K. in

_____________.

Also formed by volcanoes, the country has a sub-tropical climate and few mineral resources.

Mauritius’s 1.2 million people are mostly descendants of

_________________.

An Extinct Bird

The Dodo was a flightless bird found only on the island of Mauritius.

It is related to the pigeon and stood about three feet tall and weighed up to 50 pounds!

The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century and is claimed to have been an extremely lazy and clumsy animal

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