Locate all the countries and capitals of Sub-Sahara Africa; exclude North Africa countries (Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, South Sudan) Physical Features: Great Rift Valley, Lake Victoria, Serengeti Plain, Mount Kilimanjaro, Horn of Africa, Lake Tanganyika, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Sahel, Mount Cameroon, Niger River, Gambia River, Lake Chad, Lake Volta, Gulf of Guinea, Congo River, Lake Albert, Lake Edward, Lake Kivu, Congo Basin, Ubangi River, Orange River, Cape of Good Hope, Kalahari Desert, Namib Desert, Victoria Falls, Mozambique Channel, Atlantic Ocean Color/outline political side of map. Complete map in blue/black ink. When you complete map answer the physical geography questions; will be handed out to you.
You will have an African country assigned to you. Read about your country and fill out the SPRITES sheet. Make sure you provide detail because you will use this for another assignment down the road. This will be done at home and due Monday. The websites you need to access are all on the classroom website.
The region of Africa south of the Sahara is culturally complex, physically beautiful, and problem ridden. Africa ranks at the very bottom of every statistical indicator of global quality of life. Statistically, 76% of the region’s people live in poverty, and 47% of them subsist on less than $1 per day. Africa is the only continent that has grown poorer in the last 25 years.
Some of Africa’s recent and current conflicts have not been about ideology or ethnicity but simply about control over resources such as diamonds, oil, and other minerals. There major risk factors contribute to wars in Africa: Poverty Low economic growth High dependence on natural resources
Africa is the world’s most rural region, with rural populations of most countries, 65-85% The most urbanized are Djibouti, where there is no arable land and a small number of people clustered in a port city, and Gabon, where people are flocking to partake in an oil boom that is benefiting urbanites. This is the world’s youngest population, where 44% of the region’s people are younger that 15 years old. Page 447 Africa PowerPoint
Read 17.2 and pull out twenty key facts. Complete Sentences
Read Culture section page Economic Geography assignment (17.4). Will need computer and textbook. HW: Chapter 17.3 textbook w/s
Go over HW Read article on colonialism Create new boundary lines for Africa Present Colonialism conflict example: “Hotel Rwanda” HW: Before we watch the film I want you to learn about the conflict. sts/video/ sts/video/ I will post this link on the classroom website. View the video clips and summarize the conflict in 2-3 paragraphs.
Read page on HIV and AIDS in Africa. Summarize the reading: make sure you provide problem and ways to solve the problem Create a thematic map that represents more current percentages of Africans infected with HIV, the map from your textbook is from Make sure you create a legend, so people can interpret your map. Websites:
Resolution assignment