SOCIAL STUDIES GRADE SEVEN – AFRICA Natural resources Geography Specialized economies vs. diversified economies Africa Government instability Current Issues Geographical features and their effect on people of African countries Environmental Problems Disease/health concerns Cultural Conflict History The Brochure Project UN help to struggling African countries Effects of imperialism, slave trade, colonization, and independence on African countries Cultural traits of different African countries as they compare to each other and our country Debate responsibility of world to aid Essential Understandings/Concepts: • CT.CK.1.3.7. Evaluate the cultural contributions of a variety of past and present civilizations. • CT.CK.1.3.8. Analyze how cultural differences sometimes contributed to conflict among civilizations or nations. • CT.CK.1.4.9. Identify selected countries and determine the advantages and challenges created by their geography. • CT.CK.1.4.10. Examine geographic factors that help explain historical events and contemporary issues. • CT.CK.1.6.14. Assess how ideas/religions affected migration in different regions (e.g. Crusades, South African trek, founding of Israel). • CT.CK.1.6.15. Evaluate the positive and/or negative impacts of mass human migrations on both people and a nation/ region. • CT.CK.1.8.18. Analyze the factors that led to the rise of different types of governments worldwide. • CT.CK.1.8.19. Analyze and critique examples where governments in other nations have changed through violent or peaceful means. • CT.CK.1.10.21. Analyze how resources or lack of resources influenced a nation/region’s development (e.g. diversification vs. one-crop economies). • CT.CK.1.12.24. Identify economic resources in the world and analyze their relationship to international trade. • CT.CK.1.12.25. Analyze the impact of specialization on production and trade. • CT.CK.1.13.27. Analyze the relationship among culture, government and social systems in various countries. Vocabulary: Imperialism Colonization Ethnic/ethnicity Tribal Genocide Nile River Congo River Rainforest Sahara Desert Sahel Rift Valley Desertification Erosion Famine Malnutrition Developing Developed Specialized economy Oral tradition Swahili Infant Mortality Rate Apartheid Nelson Mandela Diversified economy Slave trade Triangle trade Subsistence farming Foreign aid United Nations Underdeveloped economy Humanitarian Diversity