Unit #1, AFRICA Unit 1 – Africa Lesson 3 – Geography of Africa

Key things to remember Sahara Desert it’s a continent, NOT a country Has 54 countries of its own! It’s HUGE You can fit USA and China in it It has a lot of desert It has a lot of rain forest It’s mostly near the equator – so it’s WARM Sahara Desert Rain Forest

Africa + 40% Desert ~ 10% Rain Forest That leaves ~50% Farmable/Arable

AFRICA WAS ONCE HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION Mansa Musa, richest man EVER (worth $400 billion)

The richest people of all time: 1. Mansa Musa I, (Ruler of Malian Empire, 1280-1331) $400 billion 3. John D Rockefeller (industrialist, 1839-1937) $340 billion 4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, 1835-1919) $310 billion 5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Czar of Russia, 1868-1918) $300 billion 9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company, 1863-1947) $199 billion 10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, 1794-1877) $185 billion 12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, 1955- ) $136 billion 14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, 1864-1912) $121 billion 16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, 1330-1399) $110 billion 19. Henry, Duke of Lancaster (Engl noble, 1310-1361) $85.1 billion 25. Sam Walton (Walmart founder, 1918-1992) $65 billion FORMER AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISTS MANSA MUSA RICHEST MAN EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CURRENT BUSINESSMEN RICH MEN EUROPEAN MONARCHS

How rich was Mansa Musa? His wealth is 2.5% more than Bill Gates He’s richer than the richest American ever was He’s richer than the richest European king ever was He’s twice as rich as the current two richest Americans COMBINED SAY WHAT?!

AFRICA WAS HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION Why Does This Matter? SO WHAT HAPPENED?

POSSIBLE REASONS: AFRICANS HAVE SUFFERED Invasion Disease Wars Famine Poverty

INVASION Europeans arrived, took what they wanted, and left Africans to “just deal”

What two nations “owned” most of Africa?

DISEASE The worst diseases in the world come from Africa

DISEASES Malaria Ebola HIV Yellow Fever

About what percentage of the HiV population is in Africa?

Which part of Africa is most effected by HiV?

FAMINE Poor crop growth is BAD in a region where people grow their own food to survive

What has been happening to African farmland?

WARS Wars between Africans have claimed millions of lives

POVERTY Africans do NOT have a thriving economy. Most depend on small gardens for the food they eat. And the land is just not all that great for farming

Cartoon Analysis What does this next cartoon imply about what caused all these problems in Africa?

Next slides are from your notes…

Climate in Africa What is the weather like in Africa? How has this affected how Africans live?

Climate Zones How do you know this is savanna?

Nubia Why does Nubia matter to Egypt? How was Nubia different than Egypt?

Answer this one as a group: Why do we study Nubia, ancient Egypt and other regions if none of that exists anymore? Come up with more than one reason… be ready to discuss with the class.