Unit #1, AFRICA Unit 1 – Africa Lesson 4– Geography of Africa Your Name ______________________________ Period ______________

Key things to remember 1.it’s a continent, NOT a country – Has 54 countries of its own! 2.It’s HUGE – You can fit USA and China in it 3.It has a lot of dessert 4.It has a lot of rain forest 5.It’s mostly near the equator – so it’s WARM

In this unit, we’ll be studying ONLY Africa to the South of the Sahara Desert

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, ) $400 billion 3. John D Rockefeller (industrialist, ) $340 billion 4. Andrew Carnegie (industrialist, ) $310 billion 5. Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Czar of Russia, ) $300 billion 9. Henry Ford (Ford Motor Company, ) $199 billion 10. Cornelius Vanderbilt (industrialist, ) $185 billion 12. Bill Gates (Founder of Microsoft, ) $136 billion 14. John Jacob Astor (businessman, ) $121 billion 16. John of Gaunt (son of Edward III, ) $110 billion 19. Henry, Duke of Lancaster (Engl noble, ) $85.1 billion 25. Sam Walton (Walmart founder, ) $65 billion MANSA MUSA RICHEST MAN EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD FORMER AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISTS EUROPEAN MONARCHS CURRENT BUSINESSMEN RICH MEN

How rich was Mansa Musa? 1.His wealth is 2.5% more than Bill Gates 2.He’s richer than the richest American ever was 3.He’s richer than the richest European king ever was 4.He’s twice as rich as the current two richest Americans COMBINED SAY WHAT?!

AFRICA WAS HOME TO A THRIVING, WEALTHY, TECHNOLOGICAL CIVILIZATION 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

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

Nature 1.Look at the picture on p. 58. Name the mountain in the picture. Then describe it. 2.Look at the pic on p. 67. Describe what you see. 3.Look at the pic on p. 68 – describe details. Use Global Mosaic Text Book

Climate of Africa 4. Look at the map on p. 65. What is the biggest climate zone? Where is it? 5. What is the BIG [yellow] section called?

Environmental Interaction 6. Look at the pic on p. 70. Describe.

Environmental Interaction 7. Look at p.86 – 90. Describe farming techniques.

Africa so far… facts List five facts about Africa you now know about Africa.

Africa so far… your opinion List adjectives about Africa

Would you want to live in Africa? Why? YOUR OPINION

MAP WORK Locate the following places on your Africa maps: p. 57 and 62 in Global Mosaic Nations Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) Ethiopia Ghana Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) Kenya Liberia Madagascar Niger (“nee-JARE”) Nigeria Rwanda Somalia South Africa Sudan Tanzania Uganda Physical Features Nile River Mt. Kilimanjaro Sahara Desert Kalahari Desert click

y/africa-quiz.php Link to practice web site: Directions Choose ONLY the countries on the list Click on the location on the map, then Click on the name on the list

Ways to remember African nations