1. AFRICA

2.  Identify key landforms and resources.  Locate nations and geographic features on a map of Africa.  Explain how geographic features have influenced where people live and contributed to the cultural diversity of the continent.

3.  List the features you associate with Africa’s geography & climate.

4.  Hospitable coasts  Inhospitable interior  5 geographic regions  North Africa  West Africa  East Africa  Central Africa  Southern Africa

5.  Most Africa plateau  80% tropics = warm  Rainfall decreases w/distance from equator  Tropical Rainforests  Tropical Savanna  Drought/Desertification  Deserts  Mediterranean Climate

6.  Mountains:  Atlas in NW  Drakensberg in SE  Mt. Kilimanjaro – Tanzania  Great Rift Valley  Break in Earth’s crust  Deserts:  N.Africa – Sahara (3.2mm 2 )  Kalahari & Namib in south  Rivers:  NileZambezi  CongoNiger

7.  Hydroelectric power  Minerals – gold, diamonds, copper, uranium, coltan (cell phones & computer chips)  Oil – Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Angola  Tropical woods, palm oil  Agriculture – rubber, coffee, cotton  Underdvpt = political instability, transport issues  Foreign co’s make $

8.  763 million ppl & growing  Many ethnic groups w/unique languages  Most live in rural areas, in savanna  Recent migration to cities

9.  Disease-carrying insects  Malaria  Tsetse fly  River blindness  Unclean water  Parasites  Diarrheal diseases  Hunger  Drought = no crops  Lack protein

10. Map :  Label all nations  Color geographic regions  Make key on map

11.  What resources do African nations export to the world?