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Exploring Africa's Physical and Cultural Geography Using ArcView

Activity 6 Answer Key: Tsunami Effects in Africa

Step 6.

A) [Algiers, Algeria and Casablanca, Morocco]

B) [They are along the open ocean and not solely on a sea (such as the Mediterranean), and they are in areas that have been affected by tsunamis in the past.]

C)

• The earthquake in the Mediterranean Sea in 1303 affected 1 location in Egypt
• The earthquake off Portugal in 1755 affected 2 locations in Morocco and Algeria
• The earthquake in the South Java Sea in 1883 affected 2 locations in South Africa
• The earthquake off Trinidad in 1911 affected 2 locations in Ghana and Togo.
• The earthquake off the Gold Coast in 1939 affected 1 location in Ghana. 
• The earthquake in Congo in 1957 affected 1 location in Congo.

D) [1957 - Kivu, Congo. Note – The Republic of Congo is formerly known as Zaire, as shown on the map).]

Step 7.

E) [It occurred in 1755 and was between 490 km and 635 km from shore.]

*** End of Activity 6 for ArcView Answer Key ***

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