AFRICA Economies, People, Problems. DESERTS Any country south of the Sahara Desert is considered Sub- Saharan Video on Kenyan drought.

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AFRICA Economies, People, Problems

DESERTS Any country south of the Sahara Desert is considered Sub- Saharan Video on Kenyan drought

Most of Sub- Saharan Africa is situated on a huge plateau. –This creates escarpments where the plateau drops off to lower elevations.

Congo River Feeds Congolese Junglesv

Congo River Basin Second Largest rain forest, water flow –Heavily used for trade Railroads bypass waterfalls –Hydroelectric power –Infertile, rain forest soil

Nile River Supports Felaheen in Egypt and Sudan

Nile River Longest river in the world –ASWAN HIGH DAM –LAKE NASSER (Reservoir)

Zambezi River

Empties into Indian Ocean Hydroelectric Power:

African Industry Agriculture: 60% of Africa’s population works in agriculture –Over half of this is subsistence farming –Commercial cash crops include: Coffee, cotton, cocoa, rubber

African Industry Mining / Drilling: valuable export but the industry doesn't employ many people –Oil: North Africa and central west coast –Precious Metals: Diamonds, gold, silver

GDP (Darker green = higher GDP) US = $41,000

██ High human development ██ Medium human development ██ Low human development ██ Unavailable

Economic Problems Landlocked countries have no access to oceanic industry / trade Overgrazing by livestock, shifting agriculture, and need for timber leads to deforestation –This combined with the climate leads to desertification

Economic Problems Droughts kill crops, cause famine (see life expectancy p. 511) –Hungry refugees flood cities Political unrest / civil war Little to no infrastructure National debt

Health Issues –Malaria (mosquitoes) –Rabies (1885) –Cholera (1879) –Tuberculosis (1927) –Polio (1955) –Hepatitis (1981) Many Africans die from normally treatable / preventable diseases (Dates represent discovery / invention of vaccines that prevent these diseases) video on Aids in Africa

1.Read – Read your article in silence. 2.Write – Determine the main point of the article and write a 5 sentence summary on s separate sheet of paper. 3.Discuss – Then discuss with your partner the presentation of the article you will make to the class. You will have 5minutes to get it ready. Present - Come up to the board and give us your summary. –Say the country’s name. –Point to the country location on the map. –Write some notes on the board about the history and current situation of the events in the article. EVERYONE must take notes on the country.

Every day in Africa, 7,000 people die of AIDs. 79% of children with AIDs are African

Health Issues High population growth rate Large percent of population under age 15

Population growth rates by percent (US =.91%, African average approximately 2%)

Health Issues Low life expectancy High infant mortality –Sub-Saharan Africa averaged 107 infant deaths in 1998 The US averaged 6

Average life expectancy (Est. 2006)

World Wide Infant Mortality Rates (Est. 2006)

RankCountry \ regionInfant mortality rate 1Angola Afghanistan Sierra Leone Liberia Mozambique United States of America Japan Hong KongHong Kong, SAR, PRCSARPRC Sweden Singapore2.29

UN Ranking QUALITY OF LIFE (Lower # is better)

Health Issues HIV / AIDs is more prevalent in Africa than anywhere else in the world. –Roughly 42 million people live with aids worldwide 29 million of those live in Africa