1. AFRICAN TOPOGRAPHY and CLIMATE

2. Do Now (U4D1) 11/25/2013 Draw a map of Africa without referring to any sources on a blank sheet of paper. You should add to it any political (cities and countries), physical (mountains, deserts, rivers, oceans, vegetation types, etc.), economic (resources, crops…) and historic (religions, events, wars, people, current events, leaders…) details that you know of. Use symbols and adjectives.

3. What did you get? Turn and share with your neighbor and discuss similarities and differences between your drawings

4. Why will it be difficult for civilization to develop here?

5. Africa is about 50% desert and 0 to 10 inches of rain falls per year (nothing grows) Africa is about 40% Savanna and10 to 20 inches of rain falls each year Only shrubs and some trees grow in a savanna 10% Rainforest

6. Sahara Desert

8. Kalahari Desert

10. Namib Desert

12. African Savanna

14. Rainforest and cataract

17. Africa is 3 times the size of the United States The vast majority of Africa is between the tropic zones and the equator.

18. AFRICA’s RIVERS There are very few major rivers given the size of the continent Most rivers twist and turn in different directions The rivers are shallow and they have cataracts Africa has very few ports Most of Africa’s coast are beaches

19. Cataract

25. Africa’s Coast

27. Africa’s Climate Zones Climate does not support large scale agricultural production The most suitable climate for agriculture is Mediterranean

31. Let’s read the short reading now

32. How did the Tsetse Fly impact development in Africa? Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aVUrG O97Zg

33. Write a paragraph on the back of your do now Please answer the following question: How was African geography similar and/or different from Greek geography?