1. AFRICA GEOGRAPHIC UNDERSTANDINGS Factory Shoals Middle School
Selected Countries of Africa
Mr. L. Smith
Day 3-4

2. Africa Geographic Understandings
Standard SS7G1: Locate selected features of Africa.
b. Locate on a world and regional political- physical map: the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, South Africa and Sudan.

3. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Africa regional geography and political map quiz is Friday February 1st.
Standard: Locate on a world and regional political map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, & South Africa.
Essential Question for Monday January 28th: Name the seven countries in Africa that will be our focus in Unit 7.
Warm-up: What are the three major rivers located on the African continent?
Today We Will:
Complete introduction of seven countries of Africa
Africa Map Skill Builder (2)

4. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Monday January 28th: Egypt Sudan Nigeria Kenya South Africa South Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) Warm-Up Answer: Nile River Congo River, and the Niger River

5. Inclement Weather Day
Schools Closed

6. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Pop-Quiz Friday February 1st on African Geography & Political Boundaries.
Standard: Locate on a world and regional political map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, & South Africa.
Essential Question for Wednesday January 30, 2019: Which African country was recently created by a vote of independence from it’s northern neighbor?
Warm-up: Describe how humans are causing negative environmental impacts in the Sahel.
Today We Will:
Complete our review of seven countries of Africa .A

7. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Wednesday January 30th: South Sudan, joined the family of nations on July 9, 2011, after 98.8% of the people voted for independence in January Warm-Up Answer: Generations of people have cut down trees and allowed farm animals to overgraze causing the land in the Sahel to lose it’s ability to hold moisture in the soil. The resulting dryness allows the Sahara Desert to expand.

8. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Pop-Quiz tomorrow on Africa’s Geography & Political Boundaries.
Standard: Locate on a world and regional political map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, & South Africa.
Essential Question for Thursday January 31, 2019: South Sudan has what shared natural resource with its neighbor Sudan?
Warm-up: Describe why the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains so under developed despite its blessing of natural resources.
Today We Will:
Complete our review of seven countries of Africa .A

9. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Thursday January 31st: South Sudan has oil and rich farm land. Sudan however have the only sea ports (the Red Sea) for getting these products to world markets. This causes the economic viability of the two countries to remain inextricably linked and the cause for ongoing Civil War. Warm-Up Answer: Although blessed with tremendous natural resources including copper, cobalt, timber and diamonds due to the unstable government businesses are unwilling to risk the loss of life and property resulting from the lack of law and order.

10. FIRST FIVE
Agenda Message: Pop-Quiz TODAY on Africa’s Geography & Political Boundaries.
Standard: Locate on a world and regional political map the countries of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Egypt, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, & South Africa.
Essential Question for Friday February 1, 2019: Why is safe clean water hard to find throughout Africa?
Warm-up: Which African countries have oil as a natural resource?
Today We Will:
Complete our review of seven countries of Africa .A

11. ANSWERS
E.Q. Answer for Friday February 1st: Increase in pollution caused by urbanization, deforestation, industry & mining, and agriculture. Droughts, or sustained periods of lack of rainfall, are another environmental impacting the availability of clean water throughout the continent. Warm-Up Answer: Nigeria and South Sudan

12. Weekly Writing Prompt #2
Weekly Homework Assignment
Should the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) be passed, why or why not?
What is the ERA?
Describe and analyze the need for the ERA
What is the current situation?
What options should be considered?
Minimum one-page printed copy
Site your references
Due Monday, February 4th

13. Africa Geographic Understandings
Seven Leading countries of Africa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
Large country in central Africa with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
This country is rich in natural resources and has the added advantage of the Congo River as a route for transportation and commerce.

14. Africa Geographic Understandings
In addition to rainforests, the country is also rich in mineral resources, including copper, cobalt, and diamonds.
The Congo has had a troubled history, both with European colonialism and later civil war. The political situation remains unstable, which hinders the country’s economic development.

15. Africa Geographic Understandings
Kenya
Located along the eastern coast of Africa bordering the Indian Ocean.
Kenya is a beautiful country known the world over for its magnificent animal parks and rich savanna grasslands.
Kenya has enjoyed a relatively stable government, though there have been disputes in recent years.

16. Africa Geographic Understandings
Nigeria
Nigeria is a large nation on the Atlantic coast in West Africa that has nearly every kind of habitat found in Africa.
The northern part of the country is close to the Sahara is rocky and sparsely covered with short, brush-like vegetation.

17. Africa Geographic Understandings
This dry land gradually gives way to the grasslands and finally to tropical rainforests.
The Nigerian coastland is rich in oil, though problems and corruption in the government have meant the Nigerian people enjoy few benefits from their country’s oil wealth.

18. Africa Geographic Understandings
South Africa
Located at the very southern tip of the African continent.
Most of the country is a broad plateau with stretches of grasslands in the interior. These grasslands are home to many of the animals one thinks of in Africa: lions, elephants, giraffes, and leopards.

19. Africa Geographic Understandings
The Kalahari Desert is to the north of South Africa
Republic of Sudan
Located just south of Egypt in northeastern Africa.
Sudan is the largest of the countries that make up the Muslim world.

20. Africa Geographic Understandings
The Nile River flows through Sudan, linking the country to Egypt.
Political and ethnic problems in recent years have made Sudan one of the most unstable countries in Africa today. Many Sudanese have been made refugees because of the fighting in that country.

21. Africa Geographic Understandings
Recently the Sudanese people living in the southern region of Sudan voted to become an independent nation. As of July 2011 “South Sudan” was established. South Sudan has abundant natural resources including oil and one of the richest agricultural areas in Africa along the White Nile valley.

22. Africa Geographic Understandings
Unfortunately, armed conflict still remains a problem between the two nations (Sudan & South Sudan) as they struggle to establish their own identities.

23. Africa Geographic Understandings
Egypt
Large north African country located along the banks of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean coast.
The Nile River runs the length of Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea near the Egyptian city of Alexandria.

24. Africa Geographic Understandings
Cairo, Egypt’s capital, is a large city located on the Nile River. Most of Egypt is desert, and almost all of the Egyptian people live along the length of the narrow Nile River.