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Get your book and binder. Fun Fact: Yes it has snowed in the Sahara. 1 Get your book and binder. Fun Fact: Yes it has snowed in the Sahara. 1. Name three landforms in Africa and describe them. 2. What do you think the word desertification means? 3. What do you believe would be shown on an economic map?

What do the colors on this map represent? In what region of Africa does most of the livestock raising take place? Why do you think so many manufacturing and trade centers are located near bodies of water? What is the most common type of farming done in Africa?

Economic maps

Desertification of the Sahel Petroleum production Aswan Dam

Complete a flow chart that addresses the cause and effects of human environment interaction in Africa Human Action (Cause) Effect on Environment Farming, overgrazing livestock Exporting large amounts of oil Aswan High Dam

Farming, overgrazing livestock Human Action (Cause) Effect on Environment Farming, overgrazing livestock No grass to keep soil down, desertification Oil spills, acid rain, respiratory diseases, planned explosions Exporting large amounts of oil Controlling floodwaters of Nile, more farming, relocation, less fertile soil, field drains, insects Aswan High Dam

Answer the following questions in your notes What process threatens the Sahel? What happens when animals overgraze and farmers clear land to plant crops? What companies harmed Nigeria and how did they do so? Once you finish, get in a group of three and discuss your answers. Have a scribe write a summary of your discussion.