1. Tuesday Warm Up Q’s What is deforestation? What is desertification?
Why might there be “water wars in Africa”?
What has led to desertification?
Why are droughts a problem in Africa?

2. SS7G3: Explain how the characteristics of the Sahara, Sahel, savanna, and Rainforest affect where people live, the type of work they do, and how they travel
EQ: How does the physical characteristics in Africa affect people and their way of life?

3. Sahara
Sahel
Rainforest
Savanna
Sahara

4. Sahara
Sahara

5. Dry land – hard to produce crops
REGION
Who lives here? Where do they live?
What do they do for a living?
How do they travel?
Problem facing the area?
Sahara
 Nomadic- “Turaeg” roam the desert in search of basic needs
 Traders- traditionally gold and salt
 Travel by camel traditionally
Desertification
Sahel
 Semi-nomadic- settle areas for herding or farming until the land will not produce
 Herders and farmers
 Travel by camel and by foot
Dry land – hard to produce crops
Rainforest
 Home to small groups- nomadic hunters and gatherers & small settlements
 All needs come from the land without harming the environment – hunter/gatherers
Travel by foot
 Destruction of rainforest and government intervention has led to fewer forest dwellers
Savanna
 Settle in family villages
 Herders- cattle is wealth
 Travel by foot
Biggest threat- population growth- farming and ranching

6. People of the Sahara
The majority of the people living in the Sahara Desert are nomads, which means that these people continuously move from region to region in search of better living conditions.
It is believed that the first nomadic peoples came to this region after domestic animals were introduced to the Sahara 7,000 years ago.
Tuareg- “free man”- nomads of the Sahara

8. Sahel
Sahara

9. People of the Sahel
Life on the Sahel is difficult and precarious (risky).
A majority of the people in the Sahel area are involved in nomadic herding.
There are a minority of people involved in limited peanut and millet farming.
Subsistence- farming for your own needs

11. Savanna
Sahara

12. People of the Savanna People of the savanna live the traditional way.
The most famous of the savanna people of Kenya and Tanzania are the Maasai tribe.
They raise cattle.
Several families live together in a group of huts and houses are made of branches, twigs, grass and mud.

13. People of the Savanna Women build the houses and go for water.
Sometimes they have to walk many miles to find water.
The main food is milk.
They raise sheep and goats for meat.

15. Rainforest
Sahara

16. People of the Tropical Rainforest
Tropical rainforests are home to tribal people who rely on their surroundings for food, shelter, and medicines.
The people of the rainforest have learned how to use the plants and animals of the rainforest without harming it.
Through thousands of years of living in the rainforest, rainforest people have adapted to the rainforest climate.

17. People of the Tropical Rainforest
They don't need to drink a lot of water because they get so much water in the foods they eat.
Rainforest people sweat less than other people because the air is so full of moisture that sweating doesn't cool their bodies very well.

18. People of the Tropical Rainforest
Today very few forest people live in traditional ways; most have been displaced by outside settlers or have been forced to give up their lifestyles by governments.
In Africa there are native forest dwellers sometimes known as pygmies.
The tallest of these people, also known as the Mbuti, rarely exceed 5 feet in height.

19. People of the Tropical Rainforest
Their small size enables them to move about the forest more efficiently than taller people.
Today most forest dwellers live in small settlements or practice nomadic hunting and gathering.

21. Recap Sahara Nomadic- Turaeg- roam the desert in search of basic needs
Traders- traditionally gold and salt
Travel by camel traditionally
Sahel
Semi-nomadic- settle areas for herding or farming until the land will not produce
Herders and farmers
Travel by camel and by foot

22. Recap Savannas Settle in family villages Herders- cattle is wealth
Travel by foot
Biggest threat- population growth- farming and ranching
Rainforest
Home to small groups- nomadic hunters and gatherers & small settlements
Live simple lives
All needs come from the land without harming the environment
Destruction of rainforest and government intervention has led to fewer forest dwellers

23. Sahara
Sahel
Rainforest
Savanna
Sahara

24. QUIZ

25. 1. These people are herders
1. These people are herders. They live together in family units and raise cattle. Their main food is milk and meat. They are the people of the ___________.

26. 2. These people are mainly hunters and gatherers
2. These people are mainly hunters and gatherers. They are losing their traditional way of life because of government intervention in their habitat. They are short and sweat very little even though they live in a very warm climate. These are the people of the _____________.

27. 3. These people are nomadic and mainly trade for survival
3. These people are nomadic and mainly trade for survival. Their main goal is to seek out the necessities of life- food and water. They live in a very harsh environment and rely on camels for transportation. These are the people of the __________________.

28. 4. These people live a semi-nomadic life as herders and farmers
4. These people live a semi-nomadic life as herders and farmers. They move according to the rainy season. Their habitat is slowing disappearing due to their herding and farming practices. These are the people of the _________________.