1. Economic and Political
Sub-Saharan Africa
Economic and Political
Characteristics

2. Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary
Agriculture
THINK QUICKLY!
What type of economic activity is this?
Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary

3. Subsistence Farming
Growing food for you and your family, with little left over to sell at a market

4. – this can lead to desertification!
Nomadic Herding
They wander from place to place with their goats, sheep, etc grazing the land
– this can lead to desertification!

5. Slash & Burn
Cutting down trees and shrubs, and then burning the land to expose nutrients in the ground

6. Plantations Farms that mass produce crops for sale at a large market
CASH CROPS – tea, cotton, coffee, sugarcane

7. AFRICAN UNION! Political organization created in 2002
to promote human rights, democracy,
and economic development in Africa.
AFRICAN UNION! 7

10. The political map of Africa has changed throughout history.
The map of Africa in 1914 shows
Africa as the continent controlled
by European nations. What was
this known as?
Africa 2007

11. IMPERIALISM -
the political, military, or economic domination of one country over another
Cecil Rhodes
Founder of the De Beers Mining Company, one of the first diamond companies, Rhodes was also the owner of the British South Africa Company, which carved out Rhodesia for itself. He wanted to "paint the map [British] red", and once famously declared: "all of these stars... these vast worlds that remain out of reach. If I could, I would annex other planets".[1]

12. SCRAMBLE
FOR AFRICA

13. The map of Africa today shows the independent
countries of Africa.

15. Examples of site(actual location of a city)
Khartoum, Sudan – Confluence site
Confluence – the
meeting of two or
more bodies of water.
What rivers do you see
here?

16. Satellite image of Khartoum

17. Examples of situation(relative location of a city)
Timbuktu, Mali

18. Suez Canal Cape Town, South Africa Supply station for ships
prior to the building of
what manmade waterway?
Suez
Canal

19. What was built here?
Cape Town

20. Characteristics of Developing Countries
Low Life Expectancy
High Infant Mortality
High Population Growth Rate
High % of Pop. Under 15 years.
Low Literacy Rate
Low Infrastructure Development
Low GDP (per capita)

21. Large percentage of the population under age 15.
So……..
Population pyramid has a wide base.
What is its shape?
Triangle

22. There is a wide range in per capita income.
The majority of the people are very poor
while a small percentage is moderately
wealthy.

23. $ $ $ $ Note the disparity of wealth!!!